SOME vs SEVERAL: NOUN
- N/A
- An enclosed or separate place; enclosure.
- An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
- In a state of separation.
- An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
- Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
- Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
- An outer garment for women, introduced about 1860 and named in France from the English word, in allusion to the different uses to which the garment could be put: its form could be changed by folding, buttoning, etc., so that it should make a shawl, a burnoose, or other garment at pleasure.
- An inclosed or separate place; specifically, a piece of inclosed ground adjoining a common field; an inclosed pasture or field, as opposed to an open field or common.
- That which is separate; a particular or peculiar thing; a private or personal possession.
- A particular person; an individual.
SOME vs SEVERAL: ADJECTIVE
- Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
- 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.
- Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other or others.
- A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of.
- One and all. See under All, adv.
- One part … another part; these … those; -- used distributively.
- 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 much but unspecified in amount or extent
- A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically.
- Remarkable
- Being an unspecified number or quantity.
- Being a portion or an unspecified number or quantity of a whole or group.
- Being a considerable number or quantity.
- Unknown or unspecified by name.
- Being part and perhaps all of a class.
- Not much; a little; moderate.
- Relatively many but unspecified in number
- (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
- Distinct and individual
- Considered individually
- Diverse; different; various.
- Separate; distinct; particular; single.
- Single; distinct.
- Regarded as separate, especially with regard to tort liability or legal obligation, such that each individual involved is fully responsible for the liability or obligation.
- Respectively different; various: : distinct.
- Being of a number more than two or three but not many.
- Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry.
SOME vs SEVERAL: ADVERB
- Approximately; about.
- Somewhat.
- Of a measurement; approximately, roughly
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- By itself; severally.
SOME vs SEVERAL: PRONOUN
- An indefinite additional quantity.
- An indefinite or unspecified number or portion.
- An indefinite amount, a part.
- An indefinite quantity.
- A certain number, at least one.
- An indefinite but small number; some or a few.
SOME vs SEVERAL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Quantifier
- In this sense often fallowed by a correlative other or another.
- 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 logic, at least one, perhaps all; but a few logicians sometimes employ a semidefinite some which implies a part, but not all.
- A; a certain; one: noting a person or thing indefinitely, either as unknown or as unspecified.
- 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.
- A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns or adjectives, as mettlesome, blithesome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome, gruesome, quarrelsome, toothsome, troublesome, wholesome, winsome.
- 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.
- A certain person; one.
- 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.
- 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.’
- The plural some is occasionally used in the possessive.
- 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.
- (determiner) A certain proportion of, at least one.
- (determiner) An unspecified quantity or number of.
- (determiner) An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- (determiner) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
- (determiner) A considerable quantity or number of.
- (determiner) a remarkable.
- Separately; individually; diversely; in different ways.
- To divide or break up into severals; make several instead of common.
- Separated; apart; not together.
- Individual; not common to two or more; separate; particular.
- Different; diverse; various; as, they went their several ways; it has happened three several times.
- Single; particular; distinct.
- In law, separable and capable of being treated as separate from, though it may be not wholly independent of, another.
- Consisting of or comprising an indefinite number greater than one; more than one or two, but not many; divers.
- = Syn. 2–4. Distinct, etc. See different.
SOME vs SEVERAL: RELATED WORDS
- Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, About, Any, Both, Several, Many
- Other, Variety, Myriad, Seven, Multiple, Couple, Countless, Many, Few, Numerous, Individual, Respective, Different, Some, Various
SOME vs SEVERAL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Just about, Or so, Close to, Approximately, Extraordinary, Unspecified, Roughly, Whatsoever, Around, Whatever, Much, Any, Both, Several, Many
- Other, Variety, Myriad, Seven, Multiple, Couple, Countless, Many, Few, Numerous, Individual, Respective, Different, Some, Various
SOME vs SEVERAL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
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- She did do some modeling and some flight attendant work upon graduation.
- Certification or some proof of professional training is required in some states.
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- Ride several times over the past few years.
- For example, it is not unusual for a new IRP account to take several hours to several days to complete.
- After several cars go by without stopping, the crop duster abruptly turns towards Roger and, to his amazement, makes several attacking passes at him.
- She crossed the Iron Curtain several times, often alone, to visit her native village in Slovakia several times.
- Creating a character consists of several steps, each allowing several options to customize your character and its look.
- In this section, we also clarify at several points that the collector, not the employee, performs several tasks.
- Thumbnail view displays several files from a selected box, folder or several pages of the selected document.
- There are several different sets available, allowing for several different wines to be tasted.
- The safe has several interior options and the customers can choose several configurations.
- WOBC courses are held at various installations throughout the country, and last from several weeks to several months.
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