something

Betekenis (Engels)

Pron

1. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
2. (colloquial) A quality to a moderate degree.
3. (colloquial) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
4. (colloquial) Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.

Adj

Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.

Adv

1. Somewhat; to a degree.
2. (colloquial) Used to adverbialise a following adjective

Verb

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

Noun

1. An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
2. 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).

Concepten

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affaire

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een weinig

enigszins

ergens

ietwat

lichtelijk

mikpunt

object

onderwerp

transporteren

van

verantwoordelijk

voor

voorwerp

zaak

zijn

een tikje

enigermate

een tikkeltje

een ietsje

iet

een duister beeld schetsen

aanblaffen

een somber beeld schetsen

aangelegenheid

Synoniemen

anything

thing

what

somebody

someone

a little

for

from

of

some things

somewhat

some

any

be

whatever

whatsoever

item

somewhere

stuff

object

little

off

oneself

veer

report

transport

event

everything

facing

fashion

few

🤏

fuck up

get

get away

give

go

go out

in charge

indeed

issue

lead

marginally

matter

mess up

mildly

move

muck up

nothing

one

originate

other

portion

possession

question

❓

quit

responsible

rid

see

👀

shape

slenderly

so-and-so

something or other

sometimes

source

spoil

spring

stray

style

subject

things

this and that

to

transfer

transmit

unit

up

🆙

what for

who

with

wreck

anything at all

for some reason

small quantity

that which

various things

something unexpected

together with someone

toward someone

romp around

what-do-you-call-it

certain things

paint a sullen picture

paint a grim picture

draw a sombre picture

paint a lugubrious picture

paint a sombre picture

paint a saturnine picture

paint a dire picture

paint a bleak picture

paint a dreary picture

paint a morbid picture

draw a lugubrious picture

paint a gloomy picture

paint a somber picture

paint a seamy picture

paint a dismal picture

draw a somber picture

all

paint a drab picture

a

a

abandon

account

accountable

affair

answer

article

as

at

aught

away

bark

bit

business

busy

case

coherent

come

consider

derive

descend

descended

deviate

digress

draw

Met koppelteken als

some‧thing

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

Zinnen

I can learn something from the desert , too .

Ik kan ook iets van de woestijn leren.

Two men discussing something over a beer .

Twee mannen bespreken iets over een biertje.

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

Een jong meisje mengt iets geels in een kom.

Despair is something that haunts us at night .

Wanhoop is iets dat ons 's nachts achtervolgt.

Why don't you say something ?

Waarom zeg je niet iets?

There's something funny going on around here .

Er is hier iets grappigs aan de hand.