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pronoun. An undetermined or unspecified thing: "We're all recalling something, furtively seeking something” ( Virginia Woolf).

pronoun. An unspecified or undetermined amount or extent: We know something about the early settlers in this area.

pronoun. One having some or many of the same attributes, character, or essence as another: Trying to fix the computer myself was something of a mistake.

n. A remarkable or important thing or person: He thinks he is something in that uniform.

n. One who falls into a specified age range. Often used in combination: fortysomethings who attended their class reunion.

adj. Of, relating to, or being a member of a specified age range. Often used in combination: "the lives and loves of hip, twentysomething city dwellers” ( Joseph P. Kahn).

ad. A little; somewhat: She looks something like her mother.

ad. Informal To an extreme degree: He drinks something fierce.

idiom. something else Informal One that is very special or quite remarkable: Her new film is something else.

pronoun. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

pronoun. A quality to a moderate degree.

pronoun. A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

pronoun. Somebody or something who is superlative in some way.

adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

ad. somewhat; to a degree

ad. To a high degree.

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

n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

n. 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).

n. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

n. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

n. A person or thing importance.

ad. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance.

n. Some thing; a certain thing indefinitely considered; a certain but as yet unknown, unspecified, or unexplained thing; an event, circumstance, action, or affair the nature or name of which has not as yet been determined, or is not now known, and cannot therefore be named or specified: as, something must have happened to detain him; I want to tell you something.

n. An actual thing; an entity: as, something or nothing.

n. A thing worthy of consideration; a person or thing of importance.

n. A part or portion more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

In some measure or degree; somewhat; rather: a little.

At some distance.

"Notwithstanding the slightly opaque composition of the NYT story, and the fact that McCain is now denying everything (something his people were not doing in the initial statement last night), I'd say the Times story has enough of a 'They've gotta have * something*' factor to keep it alive for a while, absent any further revelations."

somethingth   

part    little    somewhat    sth   

twentysomething   

thing    nothing    anything    kind    light    word    right    part    people    substances