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How to pronounce something
Say it like this: [ˈsɐm(p)θɪŋ]. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does something mean?
pronAn uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
“I have something for you in my bag.”
A quality to a moderate degree.
“That child is something of a genius.”
A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
“She has a certain something.”
adjHaving a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
“She was so something that she cried all the way home.”
advSomewhat; to a degree.
“The baby looks something like his father.”
Used to adverbialise a following adjective
“I miss them something terrible/rotten. (I miss them terribly)”
verbDesignates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
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