English to English
adjective
- quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
Have some milk.
Some roses were still blooming.
Having some friends over.
Some apples.
Some paper.
source: WordNet 3.0
- An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
source: Webster 1913
- Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
Lasted approximately an hour.
In just about a minute.
He's about 30 years old.
I've had about all I can stand.
We meet about once a month.
Some forty people came.
Weighs around a hundred pounds.
Roughly $3,000.
Holds 3 gallons, more or less.
20 or so people were at the party.
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
We talked for some time.
He was still some distance away.
source: WordNet 3.0
- relatively many but unspecified in number
They were here for some weeks.
We did not meet again for some years.
source: WordNet 3.0
- remarkable
That was some party.
She is some skier.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [sam] Ilan; kaontî
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
