Meaning of something | Babel Free

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1. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. One that is very special or quite remarkable: Her new film is something else.
5. One that exists independently:being, entity, existence, existent, individual, object, thing.
6. (American) somewhat; to a certain extent. I think we've progressed some. 'n bietjie إلى حَدٍّ ما، نوعا ما до известна степен até certo ponto trochu, dost etwas noget κάπωςun poco, algo mõnevõrra تا حدي jonkin verran quelqueמעט prilično, znatno némileg sedikit eitthvað; að vissu marki un poco いくらか 어느 정도, 얼마간 kažkiek, šiek tiek nedaudz; zināmā mērā agak enigszinslitt, et stykke på vei, noenieco څه ناڅه até certo ponto ceva, puţin, un pic немного dosť, dačo do neke mere donekle något, en del ค่อ...
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7. someone. iemand شَخْصٌ ما някой alguém někdo jemand en eller anden κάποιοςalguien keegi joku quelqu'unמישהו कोई, बड़ा आदमी netko; važna osoba valaki seseorang einhver qualcuno 誰か 누군가, 어떤 사람 kažkas kāds seseorang iemandnoen, en eller annenktoś څه ناڅه alguém cineva кто-то niekto nekdo neko någon บางคน biri, bir kimse 某人 хтось, хто-небудь کوئی شخص người nào đó 某人
8. (also some day) at an unknown time in the future. We'll manage it someday. eendag في يَوْمٍ ما някой ден algum dia jednou eines Tages en dag; en eller anden dag κάποτε, κάποια μέρα algún día kunagi jonain päivänä un jour יוֹם אֶחַד कुछ दिन या किसी दिन jednog dana egy napon entah kapan einhvern tíma un giorno いつか 언젠가는 kada nors reiz; kādreiz suatu hari nanti op een dag en vakker dag, en gangkiedyś يوه ورز algum dia într-o zi когда-нибудь raz nekega dne jednog dana en dag [i framtiden] ในวันหนึ...
9. in some way not known for certain. I'll get there somehow. op 'n manier بِطَريقَةٍ ما някак си de qualquer modo nějak irgendwie på en eller anden måde κάπωςde algún modo, de alguna manera, de una u otra manera kuidagi jotenkin d'une manière ou d'une autreאיכשהו किसी तरह na neki način, nekako valahogy(an) entah bagaimana einhvern veginn, með e-m hætti in qualche modo どうにかして 어떻게든 kaip nors kaut kā dengan apa jua cara sekalipun op de een of andere manierpå en eller annen måte, på et visjakoś په ...
10. at an unknown time in the future or the past. We'll go there sometime next week; They went sometime last month. op 'n tyd في وَقْتٍ ما по някое време durante někdy irgendwann på et eller andet tidspunkt κάποτε, κάποια στιγμή en alguna ocasión, en algún momento millalgi joskus dans le courant de מָתַישֶהוּ किसी समय से पहले jednom, nekad valamikor suatu ketika einhvern tíma prima o poi いつか 언젠가 kada nors, kažkada kaut kad dalam in de loop van en (eller annen) gang kiedyś يو وخت durante odată ког...
11. occasionally. He sometimes goes to America; He goes to America sometimes; Sometimes he seems very forgetful. soms أحْيانا понякога às vezes občas manchmal nogle gange πότε πότε, μερικές φορές a veces mõnikord joskus parfoisלפעמים किभी-कभी, यदा कदा, जब-जब katkada, ponekad néha kadang-kadang annað veifið, stundum qualche volta 時々 때로는, 가끔 kartais reizēm; dažreiz kadang kala somsiblant, noen ganger, av og tilczasami ځينى وختونه às vezes uneori, câteodată иногда občas, niekedy, zavše včasih povrem...
12. rather; a little. He is somewhat sad; The news puzzled me somewhat. ietwat الى حَدٍّ ما، بَعْض الشَّيء малко um pouco trochu etwas noget κάπωςalgo, un tanto mõnevõrra hieman quelque peuבמידת מה कुछ-कुछ, जरा सा, किंचित donekle, prilično némileg agak nokkuð, dálítið un poco いくらか 조금은, 다소 truputį, šiek tiek nedaudz; mazliet agak een beetjenokså, ganske, litt, noe co nieco, cośkolwiek, nieco ليږ um pouco puţin немного; несколько trocha nekoliko pomalo något, rätt, en del ค่อนข้าง biraz 有一點兒 почаст...

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Examples

“Yea, ’t is true; I ’d know thee by thine eyen, that are gray, and thoughtful, and dark with a something that lies behind the colour of them,—and shining by the light of a lamp lit somewhere within.”

“From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.[…] But viewed from high up in one of the growing number of skyscrapers in Sri Lanka’s capital, it is clear that something extraordinary is happening: China is creating a shipping hub just 200 miles from India’s southern tip.”

“What was the something the pilot saw, the something worth killing for?”

“2004, Theron Q Dumont, The Master Mind http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0766185435&id=-n_jW7BVfawC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&sig=ou-CrIyWbKyZQ0s3q0uaJTiHdsI Moreover, in all of our experience with these sense impressions, we never lose sight of the fact that they are but incidental facts of our mental existence, and that there is a Something Within which is really the Subject of these sense reports—a Something to which these reports are presented, and which receives them.”

“2004, Ira Levin, The Stepford Wives http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0060738197&id=rKeKLf7LeXAC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&sig=uAeyLuj-HYk1dLAme_rokCWQITc She wiped something with a cloth, wiped at the wall shelf, and put the something on it, clinking glass.”

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