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Adverb
/səm/,
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An unspecified amount or number of,
  1. To some extent; somewhat
    • - when you get to the majors, the rules change some
Determiner
  1. An unspecified amount or number of
    • - I made some money running errands
    • - he played some records for me
  2. Used to refer to someone or something that is unknown or unspecified
    • - she married some newspaper magnate twice her age
    • - there must be some mistake
    • - he's in some kind of trouble
  3. (used with a number) Approximately
    • - some thirty different languages are spoken
  4. A considerable amount or number of
    • - he went to some trouble
    • - I've known you for some years now
  5. At least a small amount or number of
    • - he liked some music but generally wasn't musical
  6. Expressing admiration of something notable
    • - that was some goal
  7. Used ironically to express disapproval or disbelief
    • - Mr. Power gave his stock reply. Some help
Pronoun
  1. An unspecified number or amount of people or things
    • - here are some of our suggestions
    • - if you want whiskey I'll give you some
  2. At least a small amount or number of people or things
    • - surely some have noticed
  1. approximately: (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"; ...
  2. some(a): 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"
  3. some(a): relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
  4. remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
  5. (soma) leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink
  6. (soma) personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual
  7. Somé is a town in the Nandiala Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso. It has a population of 3073.
  8. (Someș) The river Someş (Romanian; Hungarian Szamos) flows through Romania and Hungary.
  9. Soma (Sanskrit सोम sóma), or Haoma (Avestan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the later Vedic and greater Persian cultures. ...
  10. SoMa (South of Market) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States.
  11. (Soma (album)) Soma (1992, sometimes spelled SoMa) was the second collaborative album by the U.S. ambient musicians Steve Roach and Robert Rich, following their 1990 album Strata.
  12. (Soma (cell body)) The soma (pl. somata or somas), or perikaryon (pl. perikarya), or cyton, is the bulbous end of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus. The word "soma" comes from the Greek '''', meaning "body"; the soma of a neuron is often called the "cell body". ...
  13. Of a measurement; approximately, roughly; A certain number, at least one; An indefinite quantity; An indefinite amount, a part; A certain proportion of, at least one; An unspecified quantity or number of; An unspecified amount of (something uncountable); A certain, an unspecified or unknown; A ...
  14. (soma) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail; The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus
  15. (soma) The body as contrasted to the mind; the body tissue as distinct from the germ cells; the cell body.
  16. (SOMA) A sacred drink from India that is used in religious rituals. Some Traditional and Gardnerian Covens still use soma though few know the proper formula. It took my HPS weeks to find the proper kind of milk for ours one year.
  17. (SOMA) status of mission agreement
  18. (Soma (-rasa)) the fermented sour juice of a creeper which mixed with clarified butter by brahmins is used in vedic rituals.
  19. (Soma) (Skt) Hindu male lunar deity; also a "beverage'' from a sacred plant which can induce spiritual vision.
  20. (Soma) (pl. somata; Gr. soma = body): the body of an organism as distinguished from its reproductive organs or reproductive phase.
  21. (Soma) A creeper whose juice was used in Vedic sacrifices; also (with capital s) an epithet of the moon.
  22. (Soma) A leafless vine from Western India that yields an intoxicating juice. The personification of soma was once worshipped as a god.
  23. (Soma) A member of the class of deities known as demi-Gods or Devas. Soma is the Moon.
  24. (Soma) Another name for the neuron's main cellular space, containing the cytoplasm that surrounds the nucleus and extends into the dendrites and axons.
  25. (Soma) Nectar of Ecstasy. Lunar deity. Any of 24 types of psychoactive plants given in the Vedas.