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.

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.

SOME meaning: 1 : used to refer to a person or thing that is not known, named, or specified; 2 : of an unspecified amount or number

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 …

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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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.

Some is not usually used in negative sentences, but can be used in questions if we think that the answer is likely to be yes. We also use some when we offer something to someone in order to …

Some can be used to show a considerable or a small amount or number. Regarding other sentences in a context, we can identify if it means 'considerable' or 'small.'