Kilo Lingo

/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

Line drawing of something
Coloured illustration of something
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Translation

A thing that you do not name, or whose name you do not know.

Word origin

From Old English sum thing, two words meaning some thing, written as one word by the Middle English period.

Origin
Old English
Root
sum thing
English cognates
some, thing

Examples

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"Something" is a thing you do not name.

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Here "something" is the thing you are going to say.

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"Something" can start a sentence as the subject.

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This word is part of lesson 2.