something
An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
Example
“I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.”
Other meanings
A quality to a moderate degree.
“The performance was something of a disappointment.”
A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
“She has a certain something.”
Related words
- somethingburger
- Somethingism
- somethingness
- be onto something
- leave something to be desired
- make something of
- or something
- some something or other
- something and nothing
- something dreadful
- something else
- something for the weekend
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “something” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.