something
pronoun
some thing; a certain undetermined or unspecified thing.
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American
[suhm-thing]
/ ˈsʌmˌθɪŋ /
pronoun
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some thing; a certain undetermined or unspecified thing.
Something is wrong there.
Something's happening.
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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
adverb
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in some degree; to some extent; somewhat.
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Informal. to a high or extreme degree; quite.
He took on something fierce about my tardiness.
something
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British
/ ˈsʌmθɪŋ /
pronoun
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an unspecified or unknown thing; some thing
he knows something you don't
take something warm with you
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an unspecified or unknown amount; bit
something less than a hundred
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an impressive or important person, thing, or event
isn't that something?
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a remarkable person or thing
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one unspecified thing or an alternative thing
adverb
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to some degree; a little; somewhat
to look something like me
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informal (foll by an adjective) (intensifier)
it hurts something awful
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British
combining form
something
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of something
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English sum thing; see some, thing 1
Example Sentences
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She said she remembered feeling depressed, something she was later diagnosed with, aged 10.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ludwick said he got teary-eyed watching a player he had coached for years do something that had never been done before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Right at the point where I put force on the pitch, the point where my arm is back and bent, something happened,” he told Sports Illustrated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“And what’s more — and this is the important part — in that new world, they are something special.”
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
A girl who believed in something enough to fight for it.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
In other words, the coronagraph acts like an artificial Moon, blocking the Sun's bright surface to let scientists continuously observe its faint outer corona -something the real Moon does only during eclipses.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
She wanted to encourage conversations about grief -something she already had experience of.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2022
Reporters would presumably be informed of "secret" material only by notice in the Federal Register -something like notice of divorce suit by advertisement.
From Time Magazine Archive
And yet -something was nagging him: something about Wolf.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
‘An elemental comes into being when something hugely powerful dies -something like a waterfall or an ice river -and its souls are scattered. An elemental is the strongest demon of all.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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