something
Americanpronoun
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some thing; a certain undetermined or unspecified thing.
Something is wrong there.
Something's happening.
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an additional amount, as of cents or minutes, that is unknown, unspecified, or forgotten.
He charged me ten something for the hat.
Our train gets in at two something.
noun
adverb
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in some degree; to some extent; somewhat.
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Informal. to a high or extreme degree; quite.
He took on something fierce about my tardiness.
pronoun
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an unspecified or unknown thing; some thing
he knows something you don't
take something warm with you
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an unspecified or unknown amount; bit
something less than a hundred
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an impressive or important person, thing, or event
isn't that something?
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a remarkable person or thing
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one unspecified thing or an alternative thing
adverb
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to some degree; a little; somewhat
to look something like me
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informal (foll by an adjective) (intensifier)
it hurts something awful
combining form
Etymology
Origin of something
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English sum thing; some, thing 1
Example Sentences
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"I'll focus on something and it'll be 150 million light years away," James says.
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"It's about the feeling at that precise moment," Wyn Morgan says, "how it makes you feel emotionally," rather than something more scientific which requires you to know about everything you see.
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"Breathing in the night sky is something totally different: Cool, cold, fresh and pure - like drinking water from a well."
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It's only the excited energy of Siân and James that makes me realise it is actually something else - the Milky Way.
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Get through that unscathed and, whisper it quietly, Liverpool fans may well start to genuinely believe that they can do something beautiful indeed.
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