# something

Pronunciation: say "SUM-thing" /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/

## Pronoun

1. An unspecified or uncertain thing; a particular thing the speaker does not name or identify.
   - Simple: A thing that you cannot name or do not know exactly.
   - _She muttered something under her breath as she left the room._
   - _We should grab something to eat before the movie starts._
2. A person or thing regarded as remarkable, impressive, or superlative. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A person or thing that is very impressive or special.
   - _The way she handled the crisis was something to behold._
   - _He thinks he's really something now that he's been promoted._
3. A moderate or partial degree of some quality, as in being partly a given kind of person or thing. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A partial amount of some quality: being a certain way but not fully.
   - _She became something of a local celebrity after the rescue._
   - _The discovery was something of a surprise to the research team._
4. A talent or appealing quality that is difficult to put into words. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A special quality or talent that is hard to describe.
   - _The young actor has something that the camera simply loves._
   - _His speeches had something that ordinary politicians could never quite imitate._

## Noun

5. An object or thing referred to vaguely as 'a something', because its name is forgotten, unknown, or unimportant, or because it has no definite identity.
   - Simple: A thing you call 'a something' because you don't know, can't remember, or can't say exactly what it is.
   - _He found a strange plastic something under the couch and had no idea what it was for._
   - _The drawer was full of little somethings he had collected over the years._

## Adverb

7. Used before an adjective as an intensifier, roughly meaning 'very' or 'remarkably'. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used before a describing word to make it stronger, meaning 'very'.
   - _The baby cried something fierce when the lights went out._
   - _It snowed something awful the week we first arrived._
8. To some degree; somewhat, without reaching the full extent.
   - Simple: A little, in some amount but not a lot.
   - _From the air, the new stadium looks something like a giant spaceship._
   - _The repairs came to something over two thousand dollars in the end._

## Verb

6. To perform an action whose name is forgotten, unknown, or unimportant to the speaker, used as a placeholder verb. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To do some action you cannot name because you forgot it or it does not matter.
   - _You just something the handle and the door pops open._
   - _I somethinged the settings on my phone, and now the whole screen is upside down._

## Adjective

9. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify or put a name to.
   - Simple: Having some quality that the speaker cannot find the right word for.
   - _The gallery owner stepped back from the huge orange canvas and said, "Well, it's certainly very something."_
   - _Her plan was bold, risky and very something, though none of us could say quite what._

## Origin

From Middle English "somþyng," from Old English "sum þing," literally "some thing": a combination of "some" and "thing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/something (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).