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Definition of something in English: somethingpronounˈsʌmθɪŋˈsəmˌθɪŋ 1A thing that is unspecified or unknown. we stopped for something to eat I knew something terrible had happened something about her frightened me Example sentencesExamples - They had stopped at a service station, had something to eat and still caught up with us!
- If you want us to stop thinking of you that way, you could try going and being successful at something.
- She cringed for she feared that something far more terrible was going to happen.
- Even now, I'm always thankful that we have something to eat and a roof over our heads.
- Just because something may be physically unattainable is no need to stop striving for it.
- When you wait at the dentist's they at least provide you with something to read.
- It filled him with a conviction that there is something terribly wrong with this world.
- The biker then stopped and made several hand gestures and shouted something at me.
- If something doesn't blend well enough with the real actors then it should be left out till it can.
- Is this something you think has happened to you in your own work, regardless of whether it was a hit or not?
- Probably would be a good idea to stop for something to eat and drink after this, get some energy back.
- Can you suggest something we can take over the next few weeks to stop this happening again?
- It seemed so fitting for a gathering of people remembering something so terrible.
- By this point Paul had witnessed other comedy acts and felt it was something he was compelled to do.
- It was something that we were all terribly proud to be able to be associated with.
- After he had eaten he paced around for a while, looking for something to do to keep him busy.
- I love what I do, so it would have to be something really amazing to persuade me to stop.
- We usually go to see a movie or, if it's a nice evening, we get something to eat or drink and sit by the river.
- I think we were waiting for her to do something crazy, or to just stop doing anything at all.
- In six days' time the conjecture stops and we'll have something very real to discuss.
2Used in various expressions indicating that a description or amount being stated is not exact. a wry look, something between amusement and regret grassland totalling something over three hundred acres there were something like fifty applications Example sentencesExamples - I don't feel too awful today considering we didn't get to bed until something like 4 or 5am.
- One of the women hands me a sharp metal lance, something between a sword and a skewer.
- An impressive high score on an early machine was something like two thousand points.
- I haven't seen it there for something like twelve or thirteen years!
- Id be happy if I could pull off something like that with the amount of money that had.
- I was an apprentice in a factory at the time so if I remember my pay packet at that time was something like £6 a week.
- Bill went behind Japanese lines into Burma, and I think that out of something like a hundred men, only six came back.
- They're going to spend something like 80 million euros on not saying anything at all with their new slogan.
- The recording rates for their contribution would have been something like £66 a person.
- It is something like Bob said earlier on, it is something we do in our own time.
- He says he played in something like 20 matches last season but, crucially, he was involved in five of the last six.
- The overall winner will pick up something like £500,000, which is not bad for a tenner per entry.
adverb ˈsʌmθɪŋˈsəmˌθɪŋ 1informal as submodifier Used for emphasis with a following adjective functioning as an adverb. my back hurts something terrible he used to take the mickey out of me something awful Example sentencesExamples - It must hurt something terrible.
2dialect, archaic as submodifier To some extent; somewhat. the people were something scared Example sentencesExamples - Although we trained very well, I believe that we were something nervous because of the value of the telescope.
Phrases informal Added as a reference to an unspecified alternative similar to the thing mentioned. you look like you just climbed a mountain or something Example sentencesExamples - I mean, being praised by him is like being force fed chocolate creams or something.
- So that you wouldn't pirate music or something, because they have a music division.
- If they didn't want to give Maggie a voice they could make her a deaf-mute or something.
- Maybe he's doing a celebrity endorsement or something in an attempt to bring them back.
- Will was starting work in an investment bank or something the very next morning.
- The middle stretch of poems do have slightly more narrative content or something.
- Man alive, somebody could write a blog or something about the train service around here.
- My message to the Pub owners is that it is now time to burn essential oils or something.
- They laugh because they think she wants them to do dance routines or something.
- On the front, it says something about Jesus, with a picture of a candle, or something.
quite (or really) something informal Something considered impressive or notable. Want to see the library? It's really something Example sentencesExamples - Most of my favorite jazz dates from about 1959, but this concert is really something.
- I'm not a Tarantino fan, but this film is really something (though what, I'm not sure).
- I know the pope was here recently and I didn't get a chance to meet him, but just being near him was really something.
- Now that's really something, given the presence of all those nasty leftie journos he so loves to hate.
- Petty singing Stand My Ground at the 911 American Tribute to Heroes was really something.
- The genuine friendliness and warmth of everyone here is really something.
- Queer Storytelling at the Drill Hall - I hear Shaun Levin is really something.
- We had a few battles a couple of years ago, but to do it in a major championship would be really something.
- Hypocrisy among the Democrats is never a shock, but this is really something.
- I had been a bit blasé about this exhibition, expecting to stroll through it, but it was really something.
informal An exceptional person or thing. the reaction from the crowd was something else Example sentencesExamples - That guy really was something else, wasn't he?
1An amount in the region of. there were something like 50 applications they taste something like swordfish Example sentencesExamples - Some people believe that this is something like an eco site in this region.
- The theory ran something like this: there is a finite amount of advertising space and a seller's market.
- The meeting where the service was green-lighted must have gone something like this.
- Our coolest regions are probably something like this area, temperate for this planet.
Richard was something of an expert at the game Example sentencesExamples - Both play for Saracens and they have formed something of a mutual admiration society.
- What followed is something of a blur, of being led by the hand from bar to bar.
- I think Cameron could be at the forefront of something of a revival for us northerly types.
- He also seems to be a bit of a philosopher, which must be something of a prerequisite in his position.
- There's something of the wizard in his bearing and you find yourself wanting to listen.
- My friends think he is something of a bounder but he says it is totally out of character for him to behave in this way.
- In the tourism business, holidays in the desert are something of a final frontier.
- The city's most marketable tourist site has something of a classical air about it.
- The couple met in Scotland about five years ago and Annabel has become something of a muse for him.
- It feels like there's something of a production line going on with Scottish actors.
— is worth considering; there is some truth in — people think I'm stupid because I think there's something in this alien business Example sentencesExamples - And I suppose there is something in the theory that people vote for who they like.
- Perhaps there is something in that hardman image after all.
- The comparison is not perfect but there is something in it.
- While there is something in such a description, it is grossly exaggerated.
- Maybe there is something in this 1st September thing…
- Of course there is something in the shallow interpretations.
- I do think there is something in the ‘Free nations don't attack each other’ credo.
- Even so, there is something in Williams's idea.
- I'm not entirely convinced of this but I think there is something in it.
- Perhaps there is something in this, given the state of history teaching in Scottish schools.
twenty-something (thirty-something, forty-something, etc.) informal An unspecified age between twenty and thirty (or thirty and forty, forty and fifty, etc.) a forty-something has-been rock star as noun she writes a column geared to twenty- and thirty-somethings Example sentencesExamples - It was, she told her fellow researchers, as if a nonagenarian suddenly looked forty-something.
- He was about thirty-something and looked dirty; hadn't shaved in weeks.
- Like most of the All-Baseball.com writers, they are also thirty-something.
- I had promised myself that I would let loose and live like I was eighteen and not thirty-something.
- I was nineteen, going on ten, she was thirty-something and living with a German poet but she liked collecting people.
- But what is so significant about being thirty-something and being ready to lead?
Origin Old English sum thing (see some, thing). Definition of something in US English: somethingpronounˈsəmˌθɪŋˈsəmˌTHiNG 1A thing that is unspecified or unknown. we stopped for something to eat I knew something terrible had happened something about her frightened me Example sentencesExamples - If something doesn't blend well enough with the real actors then it should be left out till it can.
- Is this something you think has happened to you in your own work, regardless of whether it was a hit or not?
- It was something that we were all terribly proud to be able to be associated with.
- She cringed for she feared that something far more terrible was going to happen.
- I think we were waiting for her to do something crazy, or to just stop doing anything at all.
- By this point Paul had witnessed other comedy acts and felt it was something he was compelled to do.
- In six days' time the conjecture stops and we'll have something very real to discuss.
- I love what I do, so it would have to be something really amazing to persuade me to stop.
- When you wait at the dentist's they at least provide you with something to read.
- If you want us to stop thinking of you that way, you could try going and being successful at something.
- The biker then stopped and made several hand gestures and shouted something at me.
- We usually go to see a movie or, if it's a nice evening, we get something to eat or drink and sit by the river.
- Can you suggest something we can take over the next few weeks to stop this happening again?
- It seemed so fitting for a gathering of people remembering something so terrible.
- Just because something may be physically unattainable is no need to stop striving for it.
- After he had eaten he paced around for a while, looking for something to do to keep him busy.
- It filled him with a conviction that there is something terribly wrong with this world.
- Even now, I'm always thankful that we have something to eat and a roof over our heads.
- Probably would be a good idea to stop for something to eat and drink after this, get some energy back.
- They had stopped at a service station, had something to eat and still caught up with us!
2Used in various expressions indicating that a description or amount being stated is not exact. a wry look, something between amusement and regret grassland totaling something over three hundred acres there were something like fifty applications Example sentencesExamples - It is something like Bob said earlier on, it is something we do in our own time.
- One of the women hands me a sharp metal lance, something between a sword and a skewer.
- They're going to spend something like 80 million euros on not saying anything at all with their new slogan.
- An impressive high score on an early machine was something like two thousand points.
- He says he played in something like 20 matches last season but, crucially, he was involved in five of the last six.
- I don't feel too awful today considering we didn't get to bed until something like 4 or 5am.
- The overall winner will pick up something like £500,000, which is not bad for a tenner per entry.
- Bill went behind Japanese lines into Burma, and I think that out of something like a hundred men, only six came back.
- Id be happy if I could pull off something like that with the amount of money that had.
- The recording rates for their contribution would have been something like £66 a person.
- I was an apprentice in a factory at the time so if I remember my pay packet at that time was something like £6 a week.
- I haven't seen it there for something like twelve or thirteen years!
adverbˈsəmˌθɪŋˈsəmˌTHiNG 1informal Used for emphasis with a following adjective functioning as an adverb. my back hurts something terrible Example sentencesExamples - It must hurt something terrible.
2dialect, archaic To some extent; somewhat. the people were something scared Example sentencesExamples - Although we trained very well, I believe that we were something nervous because of the value of the telescope.
Phrases informal Added as a reference to an unspecified alternative similar to the thing mentioned. you look like you just climbed a mountain or something Example sentencesExamples - They laugh because they think she wants them to do dance routines or something.
- On the front, it says something about Jesus, with a picture of a candle, or something.
- Man alive, somebody could write a blog or something about the train service around here.
- I mean, being praised by him is like being force fed chocolate creams or something.
- Will was starting work in an investment bank or something the very next morning.
- My message to the Pub owners is that it is now time to burn essential oils or something.
- So that you wouldn't pirate music or something, because they have a music division.
- Maybe he's doing a celebrity endorsement or something in an attempt to bring them back.
- The middle stretch of poems do have slightly more narrative content or something.
- If they didn't want to give Maggie a voice they could make her a deaf-mute or something.
informal An exceptional person or thing. the reaction from the crowd was something else Example sentencesExamples - That guy really was something else, wasn't he?
Richard was something of an expert at the game Example sentencesExamples - It feels like there's something of a production line going on with Scottish actors.
- The city's most marketable tourist site has something of a classical air about it.
- He also seems to be a bit of a philosopher, which must be something of a prerequisite in his position.
- What followed is something of a blur, of being led by the hand from bar to bar.
- Both play for Saracens and they have formed something of a mutual admiration society.
- I think Cameron could be at the forefront of something of a revival for us northerly types.
- In the tourism business, holidays in the desert are something of a final frontier.
- There's something of the wizard in his bearing and you find yourself wanting to listen.
- The couple met in Scotland about five years ago and Annabel has become something of a muse for him.
- My friends think he is something of a bounder but he says it is totally out of character for him to behave in this way.
really (or quite) something informal Something considered impressive or notable. Want to see the library? It's really something Example sentencesExamples - I know the pope was here recently and I didn't get a chance to meet him, but just being near him was really something.
- I had been a bit blasé about this exhibition, expecting to stroll through it, but it was really something.
- Petty singing Stand My Ground at the 911 American Tribute to Heroes was really something.
- Hypocrisy among the Democrats is never a shock, but this is really something.
- Now that's really something, given the presence of all those nasty leftie journos he so loves to hate.
- The genuine friendliness and warmth of everyone here is really something.
- Most of my favorite jazz dates from about 1959, but this concert is really something.
- We had a few battles a couple of years ago, but to do it in a major championship would be really something.
- I'm not a Tarantino fan, but this film is really something (though what, I'm not sure).
- Queer Storytelling at the Drill Hall - I hear Shaun Levin is really something.
there is something in/to — — is worth considering; there is some truth in — perhaps there is something to his theory I think there's something in this alien business Example sentencesExamples - Maybe there is something in this 1st September thing…
- I do think there is something in the ‘Free nations don't attack each other’ credo.
- The comparison is not perfect but there is something in it.
- Perhaps there is something in this, given the state of history teaching in Scottish schools.
- While there is something in such a description, it is grossly exaggerated.
- Of course there is something in the shallow interpretations.
- Even so, there is something in Williams's idea.
- I'm not entirely convinced of this but I think there is something in it.
- And I suppose there is something in the theory that people vote for who they like.
- Perhaps there is something in that hardman image after all.
thirty-something (forty-something, etc.) informal An unspecified age between thirty and forty (forty and fifty, etc.) I'm guessing she's forty-something as noun she writes a column geared to twenty- and thirty-somethings Example sentencesExamples - Like most of the All-Baseball.com writers, they are also thirty-something.
- I was nineteen, going on ten, she was thirty-something and living with a German poet but she liked collecting people.
- But what is so significant about being thirty-something and being ready to lead?
- It was, she told her fellow researchers, as if a nonagenarian suddenly looked forty-something.
- He was about thirty-something and looked dirty; hadn't shaved in weeks.
- I had promised myself that I would let loose and live like I was eighteen and not thirty-something.
Origin Old English sum thing (see some, thing). |