■ determiner
1》 an unspecified amount or number of.
2》 denoting an unknown or unspecified person or thing.
3》 (used with a number) approximately.
4》 a considerable amount or number of.
5》 at least a small amount or number of.
6》 expressing admiration: that was ~ goal.
↘used ironically to express disapproval or disbelief.
■ pronoun
1》 an unspecified number or amount of people or things.
2》 at least a small number or amount of people or things.
■ adverb N. Amer. informal to ~ extent.
Phrases
and then ~ informal and plenty more than that.
Origin
OE sum , of Gmc origin.