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The practice, originating in American English and now spreading to British English, of adding -something to a multiple of ten to denote an age range (most often but not exclusively thirty-something) is a convenient informal device:

This comic strip collection chronicles the demands of a 'thirtysomething' career woman—Publishers Weekly, 1989.

Fifty-something baby boomers have poured their earnings into savings for their old age—Sunday Herald, 2001.

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noun

One that exists independently: being, entity, existence, existent, individual, object, thing. See be, thing.

Idioms beginning with something:
something or other
something else
something else again
something in the wind
something like
something of a
something tells me
something thing, a

See also buy something; get (have) something on someone; get something straight; have something against; hold something against; hold (something) over; look like something the cat dragged in; make something of; not put something past one; on the ball, have something; (something) or other; pull something on; start something; take something; you know something?

n

Definition: entity
Antonyms: nothing

IN BRIEF: A thing that is not named or known.

The great essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. — Unknown.

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sign description: Combined sign: SOME and THING are combined

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, orig N Amer

1: something else Something exceptional. (1909 —) .
O.D. Oh, wow, these guides are...something else man! (1977).

2: to have something going (with) to have a close (sexual) relationship (with). (1971 —) .
Philadelphia Inquirer Is it true that Sammy Davis Jr. has something going with Linda Lovelace? (1973).

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Dansk (Danish)
pron. - noget, et eller andet
adv. - noget
n. - noget

idioms:

• or something    eller sådan noget
• see something of    se lidt til
• something else    noget andet
• something in    noget i
• something like    noget i retning af
• something of    noget af

Nederlands (Dutch)
iets, wat

Français (French)
pron. - quelque chose, quelque chose (chose d'importance), quelque chose/et quelques (qch oublié ou pas connu), quelque chose comme ça, ou quoi
adv. - un peu, environ, sans s'arrêter/beaucoup
n. - personne ou chose remarquable/importante

idioms:

• or something    ou quelque chose dans ce genre-là, ou quelque chose comme ça
• see something of    voir quelque chose de
• something else    quelque chose d'autre
• something like    quelque chose comme
• something of    assez, plutôt
• there is something in that    il y a du vrai dans

Deutsch (German)
pron. - etwas
adv. - etwas
n. - Irgendetwas

idioms:

• or something    oder sowas
• see something of    etwas sehen von
• something else    etwas anderes
• something like    etwa wie
• something of    etwas von
• there is something in that    es gibt was Wichtiges darin

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - κάτι
adv. - (απαρχ.) κάπως, σε κάποιο βαθμό ή μέτρο

idioms:

• or something    ή κάτι τέτοιο
• see something of    βλέπω που και που
• something else    (το) κάτι άλλο
• something in    κάτι από
• something like    κάτι σαν, περίπου
• something of    κάτι σαν, κάπως

Italiano (Italian)
qualcosa

idioms:

• or something    o qualcos'altro
• see something of    vedere un po' di
• something else    qualcos'altro, speciale, particolare
• something in    qualcosa in
• something of    qualcosa di

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - algo
adv. - um tanto, de certo modo

idioms:

• or something    ou algo
• see something of    ver um pouco de
• something else    outra coisa
• something in    algo em
• something of    algo de

Русский (Russian)
что-то, кое-что, что-нибудь, что-то вроде, нечто важное, приблизительно, несколько, немного, какая-либо должность, важная персона, имярек

idioms:

• or something    или что-то вроде этого
• see something of    изредка видеться с кем-л.
• something else    еще что-нибудь, нечто особенное, незаурядная личность
• something in    в этом (что-то есть)
• something of    в какой-то степени, нечто вроде

Español (Spanish)
pron. - algo, alguna cosa
adv. - más de
n. - algo, alguna cosa, persona o cosa de importancia

idioms:

• or something    o algo por el estilo, o algo así
• see something of    ver a alguien de vez en cuando
• something else    y hay otra cosa, algo más, algo extraordinario
• something like    algo así como...
• something of    algo de
• there is something in that    hay algo de verdad en eso, vale la pena considerarlo

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - något, någonting
adv. - något litet, tämligen, i någon mån, något

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
某事, 某物, 几分, 有点, 很, 大约, 非常, 重要的人, 有某种特质的人, 值得重视的人, 少量

idioms:

• see something of    看到一些
• something else    别的东西
• something in    在...有道理
• something like    有点像..., 接近, 大约
• something of    多少有点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
pron. - 某事, 某物
adv. - 幾分, 有點, 很, 大約, 非常
n. - 重要的人, 有某種特質的人, 值得重視的人, 少量

idioms:

• see something of    看到一些
• something else    別的東西
• something in    在...有道理
• something like    有點像..., 接近, 大約
• something of    多少有點

한국어 (Korean)
pron. - 무언가, 얼마 가량, 약간
adv. - 얼마쯤, 다소, 매우
n. - 꽤 가치 있는 사람, 귀중한 것, 어떤 것

idioms:

• see something of    얼마간 ~을 알다, ~와 다소 상종하다, ~을 가끔 만나다
• something in    (생각 등이) 좋아서 고려해야 할

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - いくぶん, 少し
pron. - 何か, あるもの, 多少のこと, 幾らか, 重要なもの, ひとかどの人物

idioms:

• carry/take something to extremes    事をやり過ぎる
• get something off one's chest    胸中を打ち明けて心の重荷をおろす
• get something out of one's system    捨て去る, 自由になる
• get something straight    あることを明らかにする
• keep/hold something at bay    寄せ付けない
• let something rest    ある話題について話すのを止める
• let something run its course    やりたいようにさせる
• let something slide    放っておく
• let something take its course    成り行きに任せる
• make something your own    自分のものにする
• or something    …か何か
• something else    何かほかのもの
• something for nothing    無料で
• something has someone's number on it    殺すよう定められている
• something in    ～の何か
• something is up    上がる
• something like    何だか…のような, およそ, 相当な
• something of    いくらか
• stand/turn something on its head    曲解する
• take something as gospel    完全に正しいと思う
• take something as read    額面通りに受け取る
• take something hard    激怒する
• take something in (one's) stride    楽々やり遂げる
• take something in hand    引き受ける, 処理する
• take something lying down    甘んじて受ける
• take something personally    個人あてと思う
• take something with a pinch of salt    話半分で聞く
• take to something like a duck to water    好む
• the run of something    接触を保つ
• to have heard something before    以前聞いたことがある
• up to something    ～までどおりの～に耐える, ～次第の, ～に従事して, 用意ができて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) شيء ما (ظرف) ألى حد ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮משהו, משהו חשוב, מישהו חשוב‬
adv. - ‮במידה כלשהי (מיושן)‬
n. - ‮משהו, משהו חשוב, מישהו חשוב‬

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