SOME vs AROUND: ADJECTIVE
- A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically.
- 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.
- About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance.
- Considerable in number or quantity.
- A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of.
- Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other or others.
- Not much; a little; moderate.
- 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.
- Relatively many but unspecified in number
- 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; present.
- Alive; existing.
- Being in existence.
SOME vs AROUND: ADVERB
- Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
- Somewhat.
- Approximately; about.
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- In circumference
- By a circular or circuitous route
- In a circle or circular motion
- Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.
- From place to place, or from one place to another
- Generally.
- Near; in the neighborhood.
- In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about.
- In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
- To a particular destination either specified or understood
- From the beginning to the end.
- In or near one's current location.
- To a specific place.
- To or among various places; here and there.
- In or toward the opposite direction or position.
- In succession or rotation.
- In circumference or perimeter.
- Approximately; about.
- In the area or vicinity
- From beginning to end; throughout
- All around or on all sides
- In or to a reversed position or direction
- To or among many different places or in no particular direction
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- On all sides.
- In close to all sides from all directions.
- In a circle or with a circular motion.
SOME vs AROUND: PREPOSITION
- N/A
- At various places in.
- Near; in the vicinity of.
- Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve
- Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
- Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
- From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of
- On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
- On all sides of.
- In such a way as to have a basis or center in.
- Approximately at.
- So as to pass, bypass, or avoid.
- On or to the farther side of.
- In the immediate vicinity of; near.
- Here and there within; throughout.
- In such a position as to encircle or surround.
SOME vs AROUND: PRONOUN
- An indefinite additional quantity.
- An indefinite or unspecified number or portion.
- A certain number, at least one.
- An indefinite quantity.
- An indefinite amount, a part.
- N/A
SOME vs AROUND: OTHER WORD TYPES
- 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.
- Quantifier
- (determiner) An unspecified quantity or number of.
- (determiner) An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- (determiner) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
- (determiner) a remarkable.
- (determiner) A considerable quantity or number of.
- (determiner) A certain proportion of, at least one.
- In a circle or sphere; round about; on every side: as, a dense mist lay around.
- From place to place; here and there; about: as, to travel around from city to city. [U. S.]
- About; near: as, he waited around till the fight was over. [U. S.]
- About; on all sides; encircling; encompassing.
- From place to place; at random: as, to roam around the country. [U. S.]
- From beginning to end
- Throughout
- (idiom) (been around) Had many and varied experiences; been experienced in the ways of the world.
SOME vs AROUND: RELATED WORDS
- Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, About, Any, Both, Several, Many
- Along, Through, Outside, Over, Throughout, More or less, Across, Or so, Close to, Just about, Round, Approximately, Some, Roughly, About
SOME vs AROUND: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Just about, Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, Any, Both, Several, Many
- Into, Along, Through, Outside, Over, Throughout, More or less, Across, Or so, Close to, Just about, Round, Approximately, Some, Roughly
SOME vs AROUND: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- Some legislative provisions provide that payments under the legislation are exempt from payment: for example, some pensions.
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- PDA closure occurs late in some cases has prompted some investigators to completely withhold retreatment.
- Some jurisdictions also tax some types of business personal property, particularly inventory and equipment.
- We provide here some basic information to help frame some of the issues.
- Each of the manufacturers comes in for some approving, and some disapproving, comments.
- She did do some modeling and some flight attendant work upon graduation.
- Certification or some proof of professional training is required in some states.
- While some states prohibit subrogation, some allow it.
- Very handy to carry the car seat around.
- The limitations of life are everywhere around us.
- People say that you are the best person around them, but I say you are the best person around the world.
- The activities are spread around the table, so your child will be tempted to move around the table to interact with each toy.
- It began as an idea which my colleague, Jaz, and I had around creating an event around the authors that we had worked with.
- Adifference for their clients, communities, and profession around the world and around the block.
- Weapons usable by Froobs shield around the wielder, making each playthrough unique rotating shield around the.
- This means not only higher fences around fewer products but also equivalent fences around all prospective exporters.
- Started selling my items around the house even did some looking around for items.
- Remember, music notes just go around and around repeating themselves every octave.
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