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

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