What is the meaning of some?

adjective

  • Quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity.
    • usage: "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming"; "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper"
  • Relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent.
    • usage: "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
  • Relatively many but unspecified in number.
    • usage: "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
  • Remarkable.
    • usage: "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

adverb

  • Of quantities. ( imprecise but fairly close to correct)
    • usage: "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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