Meanings

1. suffix, particleapproximately; about; around; or soalso written as 位
2. suffix, particleto (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
3. suffix, particleas ... as ...; like

Examples

• 彼は４０歳くらいです。

  He is about forty.

• 千人くらいの人がいた。

  There were toward a thousand people.

• 彼女は私くらいの年齢だ。

  She is about my age.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).