Word Finder - something

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An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

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An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

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Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.

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Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

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(degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

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The baby looks something like his father.

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(degree) To a high degree.

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An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

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I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.

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(of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

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That child is something of a genius.

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(of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

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She has a certain something.

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(often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

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- Some marmosets are less than six inches tall. - Well, isn't that something?

There was certainly something in it.

You should do something about the problem.

Did you have something in mind?

When Dulce stopped talking, he said something and turned, walking away from her.

Something was pushing its way through the bushes.

No doubt the bird had mistaken the purple silk for something good to eat.

If he trusted her, he wouldn't have been snapping at her as if she had done something wrong.

For a moment she struggled with him until something changed in his eyes.

Is not a Wizard something like a Sorcerer?

She is always doing something for us, said Blondel.

There is something to be said for being poor.

Something about his voice quickened her pulse.

When the band took a break, Carmen was looking for something cool to drink.

That was something to remember.

A few minutes later his deep voice drifted back down the hall as he discussed something with her.

She said something and then rode ahead.

After that, whenever the children were hungry, they cried out, "Becos! becos! becos!" till the shepherd gave them something to eat.

Its reawakening of the arts derived chiefly from seeking to recapture something thought lost from a past Golden Age.

Pierre murmured something unintelligible, and continued to look round as if in search of something.

Just about time I think the two of you are making progress, something like this comes up.

They still had something mysterious and exciting to explore.

I guess it's just something different - something we aren't used to yet.

I guessed vaguely from my mother's signs and from the hurrying to and fro in the house that something unusual was about to happen, so I went to the door and waited on the steps.

A mouse she could handle – literally, but a snake was something different.

It's like a gift I've been given and I'm supposed to do something with it and if I don't, I'm...

For the first time, I felt we all sensed we might be on to something highly significant.

He took something like an oarlock from his pocket and fastened it to the stern of the boat; then with a paddle which worked in this oarlock one of the boys could guide the boat while the other turned the paddle wheels.

Alex didn't look at Carmen, which was her first inkling that something was amiss.

Being groped by him again wasn't something she was looking forward to.

I was sure something had happened to you.

This was an odd way of proving something, for, as every one can readily see, it proved nothing.

Something was moving among the rocks at the bottom of the chasm.

But all along, they believed they would ultimately prevail—and not just win the war, but also do something epic that would change the course of history for all time.

He muttered something and colored.

What you have on is fine, but if you want to freshen up and wear something else, go ahead.

It was something Alex didn't need to know.

Something about the way he was watching her felt uncomfortable.

Lisa watched the two of them, sensing that there was something neither of them wanted to mention.

I just wanted to ask him something.

This was a relationship she might want to pursue if he wasn't involved in something illegal.

You might have said something in my defense last night, instead of sitting there like a lump on a log.

Then, again, if he did want to talk to her about something, this was the perfect opportunity.

We were tip toeing toward something impossible and it made me nervous.

No. I honestly don't think that's possible but he is seeing something.

That's true but the electrostatic attraction is something we're just beginning to understand.

I can't believe we're getting involved in something so bizarre and so treacherous.

He's got this weird thing like if he sees himself, he'll self-destruct or something.

No, this was pillow talk with Quinn but Howie knows something is wrong.

I nearly hung up but something in his voice caused me to hang on.

Perhaps they'll be something to my liking down the coast along the beach before I get seriously involved in necessary business.