Sekirov Dictionary

something

UK [ˈsɐm(p)θɪŋ]US [ˈsʌm(p)θɪŋ]

pronoun 4
adverb 2
noun 2
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 3

pronoun4

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an object, an event or an idea when you do not know or do not say what it is
- I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
- I have something for you in my bag.
•
A quality to a moderate degree.
- The performance was something of a disappointment.
- That child is something of a genius.
•
(informal) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.
- He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.
- She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
•
(informal) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
- She has a certain something.

adverb2

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Somewhat; to a degree.
- The baby looks something like his father.
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(informal) Used to adverbialise a following adjective
- I miss them something terrible/rotten. (I miss them terribly)

noun2

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An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
- Yea, ’t is true; I ’d know thee by thine eyen, that are gray, and thoughtful, and dark with a something that lies behind the colour of them,—and shining by the light of a lamp lit somewhere within. — 1903
•
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).
- What was the something the pilot saw, the something worth killing for? — 1999

adjective1

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Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
- She was so something that she cried all the way home. — 1965

verb1

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(informal) Designates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
- He didn’t apply for it for a long time, and then there was a hitch about it, and it was somethinged—vetoed, I believe she said. — 1890

forms

somethinged · somethinging · somethings

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