"quite some" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "_dis": "75 25 0",
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          "_dis": "63 24 13",
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          "_dis": "92 8 0",
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          "_dis": "95 5 0",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Arthur M. Winfield, “Chapter 15”, in The Rover Boys in New York:",
          "text": "\"Yes, a number of days ago. We had quite some important business to transact. He said he would come back the next day and sign some papers, and fix up some other matters. But he didn't come.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Wesley Ellis, Lone Star:",
          "text": "It's been quite some time since we've just sat down together for a quiet meal. Nobody's going to interrupt us, so we can talk during supper.”",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a considerable amount of"
      ],
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          "considerable",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) a considerable amount of"
      ],
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    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "a considerable number of"
      ],
      "id": "en-quite_some-en-det-a473Jnz9",
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        [
          "considerable",
          "considerable"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(proscribed) a considerable number of"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 87 2",
          "sense": "a considerable number of",
          "word": "quite a few"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Gwynne Forster, Breaking the Ties That Bind:",
          "text": "“That's quite some talent you've got,” Bert Richards said. “I'd like to hear you play something from an older classical composer.[…]”",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very large or impressive."
      ],
      "id": "en-quite_some-en-det-2lyek5TR"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quite some"
}

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  "pos": "det",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Arthur M. Winfield, “Chapter 15”, in The Rover Boys in New York:",
          "text": "\"Yes, a number of days ago. We had quite some important business to transact. He said he would come back the next day and sign some papers, and fix up some other matters. But he didn't come.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Wesley Ellis, Lone Star:",
          "text": "It's been quite some time since we've just sat down together for a quiet meal. Nobody's going to interrupt us, so we can talk during supper.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a considerable amount of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "considerable",
          "considerable"
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        "(idiomatic) a considerable amount of"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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      "glosses": [
        "a considerable number of"
      ],
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          "considerable",
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        "(proscribed) a considerable number of"
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          "ref": "2011, Gwynne Forster, Breaking the Ties That Bind:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "very large or impressive."
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "a considerable number of",
      "word": "quite a few"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quite some"
}