Main Entry: ¹some

Pronunciation: \ˈsəm, for 2 without stress\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pron., from Old English sum; akin to Old High German sum some, Greek hamē somehow, homos same — more at same

Date: before 12th century

1 : being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing <some person knocked>
2 a : being one, a part, or an unspecified number of something (as a class or group) named or implied <some gems are hard> b : being of an unspecified amount or number <give me some water> <have some apples>
3 : remarkable, striking <that was some party>
4 : being at least one —used to indicate that a logical proposition is asserted only of a subclass or certain members of the class denoted by the term which it modifies