something

/ˈsamθɪŋ//ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

noun

  1. 1

    An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

  2. 2

    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

  1. 1

    Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

adverb

  1. 1

    (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

    The baby looks something like his father.
  2. 2

    (degree) To a high degree.

pronoun

  1. 1

    An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

    I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
  2. 2

    (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

    That child is something of a genius.
  3. 3

    (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

    She has a certain something.
  4. 4

    (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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