I. ˈsəm(p)thiŋ, -thēŋ, in rapid, informal, or dial speech -mp ə m pronoun
Etymology: Middle English sum thing, som thing (noun phrase), from Old English sum thing, from sum some + thing
1.
a. : some undetermined or unspecified thing : some thing not definitely understood or remembered
something must be done about it
he muttered something or other
b. : some thing (as a name or part of a name) not remembered or immaterial
the twelve something train
2. : some definite but not specified thing : an unnamed but positive, concrete, or significant thing — opposed to nothing
he has something to live for
3. : somewhat
4. : a person or thing of consequence
5. : some liquor, drink, or food
have something before you go
6. : a thing projected or in prospect
there was something in the wind
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English sumthing, from sum thing, som thing (noun phrase)
1. : in some degree : to some extent : somewhat
the scarcely ambiguous answer was something softened — J.A.Froude
something under a quarter of an hour — G.N.Boothby
a man of something less than mediocre abilities — Edmund Wilson
2. : to a high degree : extremely , very
raved something fierce
swears something awful
III. noun
Etymology: something (I)
: a thing of an unspecified or indeterminate nature
felt the presence of an unknown something
IV. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: something (I)
: damn , curse
V. pronoun
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- something else