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1. (stressed form) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.Examples: "Near-synonym: any"; "Some people like camping."; "Many people, especially some evangelical Christians, have been less than optimistic about the Potter influence."Antonyms: zero#Determiner, no#Determiner, ;, a lot of#Determiner, many#Determiner, numerous#Determiner, ;, countless#Determiner

2. (stressed form) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.Examples: "I've just met some guy who said he knew you."; "The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v."; "By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect."

3. (stressed form) A considerable quantity or number of.Examples: "He had edited the paper for some years."; "He stopped working some time ago."; "[…] I took it, in the hope that it was not intended for early use, and would not be missed for some time."

4. (stressed form) Approximately, about (with a number).Examples: "She has worked at the company for some thirty years now. (31 and two months, to be exact.)"; "There were only some three or four cars in the lot at the time."; "What other natural experiments might we have to test climate sensitivity? Another one that happens every year is the change in seasons. Winter predictably follows summer, being some fifteen degrees colder in the Northern Hemisphere and five degrees colder than summer in the Southern Hemisphere. The reason the Southern Hemisphere has a smaller seasonal cycle is because it has much more ocean than land,[…]"

5. (stressed form) Emphasizing a number.Examples: "She has worked at the company for some five years now! How remarkable!"

6. (informal, stressed form) A remarkable.Examples: "He is some acrobat!"; "That was some speech you gave!"informal

1. (dialect) To a certain extent, or for a certain period.Examples: "They walked some and talked some."dialectalnot-comparable

2. (dialect) Somewhat, a little.Examples: "I felt some better and continued taking the preparation through all that day, still ad libitum, and by evening, twenty-four hours after I began its use, felt considerably improved."; "Have felt some better to-day than yesterday but not quite normal. A little nervous all day. Slept better than previous night, but not so well as usual, for about 7 hrs."; ""She's some better," the pilot said, "but it'll be a long convalescence. Pierre's taking real good care of her. Ongola's a rock, as always, and if Joel would only stop yapping about losing so much cargo...""dialectalnot-comparable