{
    "term": "some",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used with uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns to mean ‘an amount of’ or ‘a number of’, when the amount or number is not given",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's some milk in the fridge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Have some more vegetables."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to refer to certain members of a group or certain types of a thing, but not all of them",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some people find this more difficult than others."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some people never seem to put on weight while others are always on a diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I like some modern music *(= but not all of it)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a large number or amount of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was with some surprise that I heard the news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've known each other for some years now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're going to be working together for **some time** *(= a long time)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a small amount or number of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There is some hope that things will improve."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used with singular nouns to refer to a person, place, thing or time that is not known or not identified",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There must be some mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's in **some kind of** trouble."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She won a competition in **some** newspaper **or other**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'll see you again some time, I'm sure."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used to express a positive or negative opinion about somebody/something",
            "labels": "(informal, sometimes ironic)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That was some party!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some expert you are! You know even less than me."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌm/",
                "audio": "so/some/some__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səm//sʌm/",
                "audio": "so/some/some_1_gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sʌm/",
                "audio": "so/some/some__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səm//sʌm/",
                "audio": "so/some/some__us_9_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sum, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hamōs ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit sama ‘any, every’."
}