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    adj.

  • quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity; some(a)

    have some milk

    some roses were still blooming

    having some friends over

    some apples

    some paper

  • relatively many but unspecified in number; some(a)

    they were here for some weeks

    we did not meet again for some years

  • remarkable

    that was some party

    she is some skier

  • relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; some(a)

    we talked for some time

    he was still some distance away

    adv.

  • (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; approximately, about, close to, just about, roughly, more or less, around, or so

    lasted approximately an hour

    in just about a minute

    he's about 30 years old

    I've had about all I can stand

    we meet about once a month

    some forty people came

    weighs around a hundred pounds

    roughly $3,000

    holds 3 gallons, more or less

    20 or so people were at the party


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