something
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1.0
- pronoun
- /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
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- - May I say something, please?
- something else
- say something
- something happened
Now tell me about you said something about Boogie being a scrub.
- Now tell me about you said something about Boogie being a scrub.
- But just because you can do something yourself doesn't mean you should.
- I guess you could say the judges smelled something suspicious.
- I mean, I, I think I just wanted to do something different.
- I shouldn't be competing for something that I don't need.
- Just grab a little a little bit of something nice and rosy.
Examples
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Is there something you want to tell me?
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She brought something delicious to the potluck dinner.
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You know what to do with something like this.
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When you find something, I want you to stop.
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I had a feeling we're going to pick something else.
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I wish there was something I could do.
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I thought we could build something together.
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Do you think I could have something to drink?
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Somehow I felt that it was teaching me something, that I was learning something.
Academic text (2011) -
To understand that, you first need to understand something about what Jane Street does.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
1
9.0
A casual word for a thing that is not named
Idioms
- Informal
Shows that what was said is especially impressive or surprising
- Informal
An unknown cause that makes many people act or feel the same way
Compounds
How General
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word something comes from two simple parts, some and thing, which together originally meant 'some thing' or an 'unnamed item'. So when you say something, you mean an object or idea that is not named.