SOME vs ABOUT: ADJECTIVE
- Relatively many but unspecified in number
- Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
- Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
- One part … another part; these … those; -- used distributively.
- One and all. See under All, adv.
- A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of.
- Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other or others.
- Considerable in number or quantity.
- About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance.
- Not much; a little; moderate.
- A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically.
- Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number. Used also pronominally.
- Being part and perhaps all of a class.
- Unknown or unspecified by name.
- Being a considerable number or quantity.
- Being a portion or an unspecified number or quantity of a whole or group.
- Being an unspecified number or quantity.
- Remarkable
- Being in evidence or existence.
- Moving here and there; astir.
SOME vs ABOUT: ADVERB
- Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
- Somewhat.
- Approximately; about.
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- In every direction around.
- To undertake; to arrange; to prepare.
- To occur; to take place. See under Come.
- To cause to take place; to accomplish.
- To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack
- Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; ; -- also of quantity, number, time.
- Here and there; around; in one place and another.
- In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside.
- On all sides; around.
- Used to show determination or intention in negative constructions with an infinitive.
- On the verge of doing something; presently going to do something. Used with the infinitive.
- In succession; one after another.
- In the area or vicinity; near.
- All around; on every side.
- In no particular direction.
- Almost.
- Approximately; nearly.
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- In rotation or succession
- (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost'
- To or among many different places or in no particular direction
- In or to a reversed position or direction
- All around or on all sides
- In the area or vicinity
SOME vs ABOUT: PREPOSITION
- N/A
- Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
- On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
- In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
- Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity.
- Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
- In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
- Around; all round; on every side of.
- In the possession or innate character of.
- In the act or process of.
- In reference to; relating to; concerned with.
- Almost the same as; close to; near.
- In the vicinity of; around.
- On all sides of; surrounding.
SOME vs ABOUT: PRONOUN
- An indefinite amount, a part.
- An indefinite quantity.
- A certain number, at least one.
- An indefinite additional quantity.
- An indefinite or unspecified number or portion.
- N/A
SOME vs ABOUT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Quantifier
- Some, as originally used partitively with numbers (AS. feówra sum, one of four, etc.), has come to be an apparent distributive suffix, as in foursome, sevensome.
- The plural some is occasionally used in the possessive.
- In this sense some is very commonly repeated, some … some (or, formerly, other some, as in Acts xvii. 18) meaning ‘a number … others,’ or ‘the rest.’
- A certain quantity, part, or number, as distinguished from the rest: as, some of them are dead; we ate some of our provisions, and gave away the rest.
- A certain person; one.
- Hence A certain number of, stated approximately: in a quasi-adverbial use before a numeral or other word of number: as, a place some seventy miles distant; some four or five of us will be there.
- In logic, at least one, perhaps all; but a few logicians sometimes employ a semidefinite some which implies a part, but not all.
- A certain indefinite or indeterminate quantity or part of; more or less: often so used as to denote a small quantity or a deficiency: as, bring some water; eat some bread.
- In this sense often fallowed by a correlative other or another.
- A; a certain; one: noting a person or thing indefinitely, either as unknown or as unspecified.
- A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives, as mettlesome, blithesome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome, gruesome, quarrelsome, toothsome, troublesome, wholesome, winsome.
- As; so; ever: used indefinitely after certain adverbs and pronouns, like so, soever.
- In some degree: to some extent; somewhat: as. I am some better; it is some cold.
- (determiner) a remarkable.
- (determiner) A considerable quantity or number of.
- (determiner) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
- (determiner) An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- (determiner) An unspecified quantity or number of.
- (determiner) A certain proportion of, at least one.
- All but
- On the move
- Concerned in; engaged in: as, what is he about?
- In relation to; respecting; in regard to; on account of.
- Near or on one's person; with; at hand.
- Over or upon different parts; here and there; backward and forward; in various directions.
- Near to in place; close to; at: as, about the door. See the adv., 4.
- On the outside or outer surface of; surrounding; around; all around.
- Nautical, to take a different direction, as a vessel in tacking.
- At work; astir; begin in earnest: used with the force of an imperative.
- In readiness; intending; going: after the verb to be.
- [In contracts made on the New York Stock Exchange, the term about means “not more than three days” when applied to time, and “not more than 10 per cent.” when used with reference to a number of shares.]
- Near in time, number, quantity, quality, or degree; nearly; approximately; almost.
- Hither and thither; to and fro; up and down; here and there.
- Circuitously; in a roundabout course.
- Around; in circuit; circularly; round and round; on every side; in every direction; all around.
SOME vs ABOUT: RELATED WORDS
- Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, About, Any, Both, Several, Many
- Or so, Active, Just about, Close to, Virtually, Nigh, Near, Astir, Approximately, Most, Some, Almost, Nearly, Roughly, Around
SOME vs ABOUT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Just about, Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, Any, Both, Several, Many
- Or so, Active, Just about, Close to, Virtually, Nigh, Near, Astir, Approximately, Most, Some, Almost, Nearly, Roughly, Around
SOME vs ABOUT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- She did do some modeling and some flight attendant work upon graduation.
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- For example, someone might not care about an old medical bill that a collection agency is calling and writing them about.
- Before the show is about to end, remind your child about the limit you set.
- After hearing about the details of the study, what do you think about it?
- Learn more about the requirements, details about the exam, and how to apply.
- Let us have a conversation, if we could, about religious free exercise and about liberty interests.
- With furloughs on the horizon, pilots stress about careers while airlines worry about future pilot pipelines.
- She could have been honest with herself about her lack of knowledge about the culture.
- However they had limited knowledge about CAT and received no information about the condition.
- You have been writing about this and speaking about this and prophesying about this, and it has all sadly come to pass.
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