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some⋅thing

  [suhm-thing]
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–pronoun
1. some thing; a certain undetermined or unspecified thing: Something is wrong there. Something's happening.
2. 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
3. Informal. a person or thing of some value or consequence: He is really something! This writer has something to say and she says it well.
–adverb
4. in some degree; to some extent; somewhat.
5. Informal. to a high or extreme degree; quite: He took on something fierce about my tardiness.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME, OE sum thing. See some, thing 1
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some·thing   (sŭm'thĭng)   
pron.  
  1. An undetermined or unspecified thing: "We're all recalling something, furtively seeking something" (Virginia Woolf).
  2. An unspecified or undetermined amount or extent: We know something about the early settlers in this area.
  3. One having some or many of the same attributes, character, or essence as another: Trying to fix the computer myself was something of a mistake.
n.  
  1. A remarkable or important thing or person: He thinks he is something in that uniform.
  2. One who falls into a specified age range. Often used in combination: fortysomethings who attended their class reunion.
adj.  Of, relating to, or being a member of a specified age range. Often used in combination: "the lives and loves of hip, twentysomething city dwellers" (Joseph P. Kahn).
adv.  
  1. A little; somewhat: She looks something like her mother.
  2. Informal To an extreme degree: He drinks something fierce.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Something

Some"thing\, n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

There is something in the wind. --Shak.

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about. --Pope.

Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose. --Longfellow.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something yet of doubt remains. --Milton.

Something of it arises from our infant state. --I. Watts.

3. A person or thing importance.

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. --Gal. vi. 3.

Something

Some"thing\, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. --Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath. --Shak.

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. --Burke.

My sense of touch is something coarse. --Tennyson.

It must be done to-night, And something from the palace. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : something
Spanish: algo,
German: etwas,
Japanese: 何か
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something

In addition to the idioms beginning with something, also see buy something; get (have) something on someone; get something straight; have something against; hold something against; hold (something) over; look like something the cat dragged in; make something of; not put something past one; on the ball, have something; (something) or other; pull something on; start something; take something; you know something?

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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