some

1. a. Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also pronominally; as, I have some. Source: opted

2. a. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. Source: opted

3. a. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent just. Source: opted

4. a. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence. Source: opted

5. a. Considerable in number or quality. Source: opted

6. a. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another. Source: opted

7. a. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions. Source: opted

8. adj. (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity Source: wordnet

9. adj. relatively many but unspecified in number Source: wordnet

10. adj. remarkable Source: wordnet

11. adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct Source: wordnet

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