Betekenis van some In het Nederlands

• 0 an amount or number of something that is not stated or not known; a part of something:

  • There's some cake in the kitchen if you'd like it.

  • Here's some news you might be interested in.

  • We've been having some problems with our TV over the last few weeks.

  • Could you give me some idea of when the construction work will finish?

  • I've got to do some more work before I can go out.

• 1 a large amount or number of something:

  • It'll be some time before we meet again.

  • It was some years later when they next met.

  • We discussed the problem at some length.

• 2 used to refer to a particular person or thing without stating exactly which one:

  • Some lucky person will win more than $1,000,000 in the competition.

  • Some idiot's locked the door!

  • There must be some way you can relieve the pain.

• 3 used before a noun, especially at the beginning of a sentence to show anger or disapproval, often by repeating a word that was not accurately used:

  • Some people just don't know when to shut up.

  • Some help you were! You sat on your backside most of the afternoon!

  • "A friend of mine sold me a radio that doesn't work." "Some friend!"

• 4 used before a noun to show how good something or someone is:

  • Wow, that was some dinner!

• 5 an amount or number of something that is not stated or not known; a part of something:

  • If you need more paper then just take some.

  • "Would you like to have dinner with us?" "No thanks, I've already had some."

  • Some of you here have already met Imran.

  • Have some of this champagne - it's very good.

  • Some have compared his work to Picasso's.

• 6 used before a number to mean approximately; about:

  • Some 50 tons of rock are taken from the quarry every day.

  • The water is some 20 to 30 metres beneath the ground.

• 7 by a small amount or degree; a little:

  • She says she's feeling some better.

  • We could turn down the heat some if that would make you more comfortable.

• 8 having an amount or number that is not known or not stated, or being a part of something:

  • Let’s get some work done.

  • Some stories he wrote were made into movies.

• 9 used to refer to a person or thing when you cannot say exactly who or what it is:

  • Some jerk backed into my car in the parking lot.

  • There’s got to be some way out of here.

• 10 (used in front of a number) approximately; about:

  • Some 200 people applied for the job.

• 11 an amount or number that is not known or stated:

  • If you want more spaghetti, please take some.

  • I like some of the people in my class.

  • Some have compared him to President Kennedy.

• 12 being a large amount or number of something:

  • She was married to him for some years.

  • These things have been going on for some time.

• 13 used before a noun and spoken with emphasis to show that something is unusual:

  • Some party that turned out to be – nobody showed up.

  • Margo is really a terrific cook – that was some dinner!

• 14 a little; in or by a small degree:

  • I slept some in the car on the way home.