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some

US /sʌm/

determiner, pronoun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Some employees prefer to work from home on Fridays.

Collocations

  • Easy have some water
    to possess, experience, or hold regarding some water
  • Medium some twenty delegates attended
    describing some twenty delegates attended (quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity)
  • Hard in some measure responsible
    indicating a state, position, or relationship within some measure responsible
  • Very Hard that was some performance
    a collocation phrase: that was some performance

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