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(satellite adjective) unknown or unspecified; "some lunatic drove into my car"; "some man telephoned while you were out"; "some day my prince will come"; "some enchanted evening" |
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(satellite adjective) relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years" |
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(satellite adjective) relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away" |
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(satellite adjective) (informal; slang) remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier" |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: all, no |
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(adverb) (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" |
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Synonyms: about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly |
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