something
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/ˈsamθɪŋ/
English
Definitions
noun
- An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
- An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
verb
- Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
adjective
- Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
adverb
- (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.“The baby looks something like his father.”
- (degree) To a high degree.
pronoun
- An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.“I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.”
- (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.“That child is something of a genius.”
- (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.“She has a certain something.”
- (often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.“- Some marmosets are less than six inches tall. - Well, isn't that something?”
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Synonyms
je ne sais quoisthentityunbelievableincrediblesomehowsomeonenonethingynothingsomewhatproblemsummatdifferenceotherelsethatthis