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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).

verb

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

adjective

• Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

adverb

• (degree) Somewhat; to a degree.

  Example: The baby looks something like his father.

• (degree) To a high degree.

pronoun

• An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.

  Example: I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.

• (of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree.

  Example: That child is something of a genius.

• (of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.

  Example: She has a certain something.

• (often with really or quite) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

  Example: - Some marmosets are less than six inches tall. - Well, isn't that something?