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adjective

ˈsəm How to pronounce some (audio)
Definition of somenext
as in one
known but not named some people won't be able to come

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adverb

ˈsəm How to pronounce some (audio)
as in approximately
close to but not exactly some 300 people showed up for the giveaway

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Recent Examples of some
Adverb
Political candidates are increasingly worried about the high fuel prices, which some — who are running on platforms seeking to capitalize on the president’s unfulfilled promises and low approval ratings — are seizing as a central campaign issue. — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Once the house is resting on I-beams, Craig and his crew excavate some more, to put hydraulic jacks under the beams. — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026 Forgive themselves for the some good and the some bad, and move forward with a kind heart. — Briana Stewart, ABC News, 4 July 2026 Forces — some visible, some harder to see — are upending literature and education itself. — Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for some
Recent Examples of Synonyms for some
  1. one
  2. approximately
  3. about
  4. around
  5. roughly
  6. say
  7. much
Adjective
  • Drinkwater didn't make one appearance in a Chelsea shirt last season, whilst Bakayoko spent the season in Italy on loan at AC Milan.
    — SI.com, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Decisions made by engineers today, in other words, will determine not how one car drives but how all cars drive.
    — Johannes Himmelreich, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
Definition of one
Adverb
  • Preliminary estimates place the new submarine’s submerged displacement at approximately 10,100 tons.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
  • About 85% of the departures were resignations or retirements, the Post found, while approximately 32,000 full-time workers were directly fired.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of approximately
Adverb
  • Baltzor and her husband Keith, had just finished riding a bunch of about 150 hundred head of their cattle down Highway 205 on horseback from another pasture.
    — Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Thanks to a demolition crew’s early Saturday morning implosion, an 18-story office tower that has hung over Clairmont Road in Chamblee for about five decades has been reduced to rubble.
    — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of about
Adverb
  • The venue this time around was an equally airy, heavenly, pale-toned 19th-century apartment in Paris’s ninth arrondissement, a bread roll’s throw away from the original Rose Bakery.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Unlike the initial push to spread money around to bet on would-be AI winners, there is not enough to go around at this stage.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of around
Adverb
  • The model runs through 42 agencies statewide and 105 certified consultants, serving roughly 17,300 caregivers a year.
    — Raginee Sudhir Chaurey, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Most of the spill was contained roughly 87 miles from the lake.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of roughly
Adverb
  • The result has been a group of ridiculously talented dancers with a never-say-quit attitude and a lot of stuff to say — and doing it elegantly.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Definition of say
Adverb
  • The question is much bigger than a corporate battle over the semantics of artificial intelligence.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • His relationship with the Senate has been much more tempestuous because of his political decisions.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of much

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