"quite some" meaning in All languages combined

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Determiner [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|determiner}} quite some
  1. (idiomatic) a considerable amount of number of Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-quite_some-en-det-l7wI5hjg Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English determiners: 100 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. very large or impressive.
    Sense id: en-quite_some-en-det-2lyek5TR

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