When some is used without a number, most commentators feel that somewhat is to be preferred. Their advice is an oversimplification, however; only when some modifies an adjective, usually …

It'll be some time before we meet again. It was some years later when they next met. We discussed the problem at some length.

1. a. (a) certain unknown or unspecified: some lunatic drove into my car; some people never learn. b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): some can teach and others can't. 2. a. an …

When you have some time to kill, you've got an unspecified amount of time — it could be five minutes or five hours. The word some sounds like sum which means "a total quantity or amount."

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You use some to emphasize that a quantity or number is fairly small. For example, if something happens to some extent, it happens a little.

The word some is used in sentences that are affirmative; the word any is used instead of some with negative phrases or in questions: I'd like some milk. I don't want any milk.

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We use the weak form of some in affirmative sentences and in questions (usually expecting the answer ‘yes’), when the quantity is indefinite or not important (we use any in questions and …

Synonyms for SOME: one, certain, anonymous, unnamed, unspecified, given, specific, unidentified; Antonyms of SOME: known, named, specified, even, precisely, exactly, just, due