adj.
Pronunciation: ' s ə m, for 2 without stress
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English som, adjective & pronoun, from Old English sum; akin to Old High German sum some, Greek ham ē somehow, homos same ― more at SAME
Date: before 12th century
1 : being an unknown, undetermined, or unspecified unit or thing < some person knocked>
2 a : being one, a part, or an unspecified number of something (as a class or group) named or implied < some gems are hard> b : being of an unspecified amount or number <give me some water> <have some apples>
3 : REMARKABLE , STRIKING <that was some party>
4 : being at least one ― used to indicate that a logical proposition is asserted only of a subclass or certain members of the class denoted by the term which it modifies