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Meaning of some

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  some
      adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
             "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" [syn: {approximately}, {about},
             {close to}, {just about}, {some}, {roughly}, {more or
             less}, {around}, {or so}]
      adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count
             nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity;
             "have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming";
             "having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper"
             [ant: {all(a)}, {no(a)}]
      2: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we
         talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
      3: relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here
         for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
      4: remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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