Antonym: all. Similar words: someone, handsome, sometime, somewhat, something, sometimes, something of, to some extent. Meaning: [sʌm ,səm]
adj. 1. quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity 2. relatively many but unspecified in number 3. remarkable 4. relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent. adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
181 I hope at least my daughter was able to offer you some useful pointers.
182 There are some people in life that you can't get over.
183 His only injuries were some minor scratches above his eye.
184 They've just built some hideous new apartment blocks on the seafront.
185 Some foreign governments appear happy to gloss over continued human rights abuses.
186 He trekked across some of the most inhospitable terrain in the world.
187 A police put some chemicals on the piece of paper and a line of words showed up.
188 Going overseas again[sentencedict.com], eh? It's a nice life for some!
189 She was trying to get her thoughts back into some semblance of order .
190 A mechanic overhauled the car's motor with some new parts.
191 Apparently some people have an inborn tendency to develop certain kinds of tumour.
192 I'll have a look for some while I'm at the shops but I'm not promising anything.
193 Tell him to get off his arse and do some work for once.
194 Some of his jokes are a bit too near the knuckle for my taste.
195 We'll have to make some tough decisions - there are no easy options.
196 During the dig, the archeological team found some relics from the Stone Age.
197 Some would question the wisdom of leaving her out of the team.
198 I should like some time to confer with my lawyer.
199 For some this is the greatest novel in the world. For others it is unreadable.
200 Everyone has problems. Some are just better at hiding them than others.
201 He was overcome with nausea after eating some bad food.
202 Some people will complain even if they have no genuine grievance.
203 We improvised some shelves out of planks of wood and bricks.
204 Windsurfing is perfectly safe as long as you have/use some common sense.
205 Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue.
206 Working out the quantities of the ingredients involved some complicated maths.
207 Making some simple alterations to your diet will make you feel fitter.
208 At last he routed up some novels to give me.
209 We found a seat in a little nook, and had some lunch.
210 One needs 3 things to be truly happy living in the world: some thing to do, some one to love, some thing to hope for.
More similar words: someone, handsome, sometime, somewhat, something, sometimes, something of, to some extent, something like, something else, come home, come, comet, home, come off, come on, come out, come to, come for, come at, come of, come by, come up, become, outcome, come down, moment, at home, come true, homeland.