some

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some is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
society - some - son

Pronunciation[change]

Determiner[change]

Determiner
some

  1. (indefinite) Some is an amount or number of something; the amount is not exact or specific.
    Would you like some grapes?
    Everyone is wrong some of the time.
    He had edited the paper for some years.
  2. (indefinite) (singular) (count & non-count) An unspecified or unknown.
    I've just met some man who said he knew you.

Adverb[change]

Positive
some

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. You used some in front of a number to mean that it's close to that number, but maybe not exactly.
    Some 200 people attended the event.