SOME

I. adjective see: same Date: before 12th century being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing , 2. being one, a part, or an unspecified number of ~thing (as a class or group) named or implied , being of an unspecified amount or number , remarkable , striking , being at least one, II. pronoun, singular or plural in construction Date: before 12th century one indeterminate quantity, portion, or number as distinguished from the rest, an indefinite additional amount , III. adverb Date: before 12th century about , 2. in ~ degree ; ~what , to ~ degree or extent ; a little , c. — used as a mild intensive Usage: When ~ is used to modify a number, it is almost always a round number but because ~ is slightly more emphatic than about or approximately it is occasionally used with a more exact number in an intensive function . When ~ is used without a number, most commentators feel that ~what is to be preferred. Their advice is an oversimplification, however; only when ~ modifies an adjective, usually a comparative, will ~what always substitute smoothly. When ~ modifies a verb or adverb, and especially when it follows a verb, substitution of ~what may prove awkward .