some thing; a certain undetermined or unspecified thing.
Something is wrong there.
Something's happening.
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.
in some degree; to some extent; somewhat.
Informal. to a high or extreme degree; quite.
He took on something fierce about my tardiness.
an unspecified or unknown thing; some thing
he knows something you don't
take something warm with you
an unspecified or unknown amount; bit
something less than a hundred
an impressive or important person, thing, or event
isn't that something?
a remarkable person or thing
one unspecified thing or an alternative thing
to some degree; a little; somewhat
to look something like me
informal (foll by an adjective) (intensifier)
it hurts something awful
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English sum thing; see some, thing 1
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Something else to know about big IPOs—SpaceX and Claude developer Anthropic and OpenAI owner ChatGPT, which are in the pipeline—is that they raised more money in private rounds of financing at increasingly stretched valuations.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Something Natalie keys into by the end of the novel is that both sets of women are in some ways set up to fail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Something like what one might get inside a therapist’s office.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
"Something has to be done to improve the resilience of that Britannia crossing," he said, referring to the bridge which carries the A55.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Something about that voice rang the bell of a distant memory.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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