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Definition of -some suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-some

suffix
 
/səm/
 
/səm/
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  1. (in adjectives) producing; likely to
    • fearsome
    • quarrelsome
  2. (in nouns) a group of the number mentioned
    • a foursome
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