SOMETHING

[pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something in the cupboard smells odd.Would you like some coffee or perhaps there's something else you'd like?We thought there must be something wrong because we hadn't heard from you.There's something wrong with the engine - it's making strange noises.Something's happened to upset him but we don't know what it is.I heard something rather worrying at work this morning.The meaning of life is something which a great many people have wondered about.Is there something you'd like to say?Don't just stand there, do something - can't you see he's hurt.She could sense there was something unpleasant, something nasty lurking in the shadows.A radio failure is not something you want when you're alone on the pack ice.Yes, there is something about her which many men find appealing.USAGE: 'Anything' is usually used instead of 'something' in negative sentences and questions.Something also means a situation or an event for which you are grateful, esp. because an unpleasant thing has also happened.The carpets were ruined by the flood but we saved the furniture - that's something isn't it?(informal approving) If a person or thing has (really) got something or is (really) something or (UK) is quite something then they are special, often in a stated way, but for reasons which it is difficult to explain.As a violinist she's really got something/she's really something.It was quite something for her to remember us after so many years.If you say that a person has got something there you mean they have said, discovered or done an important or interesting thing.If you have something going with someone, you are involved in a close, esp. sexual, relationship with them.(informal) You can use or something to show that you are not certain about what you have just said.She works for a bank or something.His main interest is moths or something.(informal slightly dated) If you describe an object, event or situation as something else you mean it is either extremely good or extremely bad.What fantastic food - her cooking is something else!The emotional hammering we endured was something else.If a person gets something for nothing they get something they want such as money without doing anything such as working.He's just a scrounger - he always wants something for nothing.There probably is something in (= some truth in) the rumours of a conspiracy.Something like means similar to but not exactly like.He sounds something like his father when he speaks on the phone.Also something like/(informal) around used about an amount or a number means approximately.Something like 25% of the local population can neither read nor write.(humorous) Something a little stronger means a drink containing alcohol.We have fruit juice but perhaps you'd like something a little stronger?(slightly informal) The phrase something of means to a degree but not completely.She has something of her mother's facial features.He always was something of a moaner.It was something of a surprise when we met so unexpectedly.The building materials cost something over/under (= more/less than) $4500.(slightly informal) The expression something to do with means in some way connected with or about.Didn't she have something to do with that scandal which nearly caused the president to resign?If there is something in a story, explanation description etc., there is some truth in it.It seems there's something in his alibi after all.Also if there is something in a suggestion or an idea then it is worth considering.There's something in catching the earlier train, it means we'd have more time to find somewhere to stay when we get there. -something [suffix] [informal]You can use -something after a number like 20, 30 etc. to refer to the age of a person who is between 20 and 29, 30 and 39 years old etc., or to a person who is of this age.I don't know for sure, but I'd guess she's sixty-something.Most people in the hotel were forty-somethings.