something

Meanings

Pronoun

• An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
• A quality to a moderate degree.
• A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
• Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

Adjective

• Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

Adverb

• Somewhat; to a degree.

Verb

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

Noun

• An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
• 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).

Origin

• From Middle English somthing, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing, equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht, Swedish någonting.