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Grep of noun some acentric chromosome acrocentric chromosome acrosome autosome centrosome chondriosome chromosome dictyosome eightsome fivesome foursome lysosome metacentric chromosome microsome ribosome sarcosome schistosome sevensome sex chromosome sixsome somatic chromosome somebody someone somersault somersaulting somerset somerset maugham somesthesia somesthesis something telocentric chromosome threesome twosome x chromosome y chromosome Overview of adj some The adj some has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (130) some -- (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") 2. (66) some -- (unknown or unspecified; "some lunatic drove into my car"; "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my prince will come"; "some enchanted evening") 3. (0) some -- (relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away") 4. (7) some -- (relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years") 5. some -- ((informal; slang) remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier") Overview of adv some The adv some has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) approximately, about close to just about some roughly, more or less around or so -- ((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") Antonyms of adj some 5 senses of some Sense 1 some(postnominal) (vs. no) (vs. all) no(postnominal) (vs. all) (vs. some) => nary(postnominal) => zero(postnominal) all(postnominal) (vs. some) (vs. no), all of => all the(postnominal) => each(postnominal) => every(postnominal) => every(postnominal) => every last(prenominal) Sense 2 some(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA unspecified) -> specified Sense 3 some(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA much) -> little Sense 4 some(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA many) -> few Sense 5 some INDIRECT (VIA extraordinary) -> ordinary Similarity of adj some 5 senses of some Sense 1 some(postnominal) (vs. no) (vs. all) => any(postnominal), whatever, whatsoever => both(postnominal) => several(postnominal) Also See-> few#1; many#1 Sense 2 some(postnominal) => unspecified (vs. specified) Sense 3 some(postnominal) => much(postnominal) (vs. little) Sense 4 some(postnominal) => many (vs. few) Sense 5 some => extraordinary (vs. ordinary) Attributes of adj some Familiarity of adj some some used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj some adventuresome awesome blithesome bothersome bunglesome burdensome cuddlesome cumbersome fearsome flavorsome flavoursome frolicsome fulsome gladsome gruesome handsome irksome lightsome lissome lithesome loathsome lonesome lovesome meddlesome mettlesome nettlesome noisome quarrelsome some some other sometime tiresome toilsome toothsome torturesome troublesome unwholesome venturesome wearisome wholesome winsome worrisome Overview of adj some The adj some has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (130) some -- (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") 2. (66) some -- (unknown or unspecified; "some lunatic drove into my car"; "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my prince will come"; "some enchanted evening") 3. (0) some -- (relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away") 4. (7) some -- (relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years") 5. some -- ((informal; slang) remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier") Overview of adv some The adv some has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) approximately, about close to just about some roughly, more or less around or so -- ((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")
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