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Definition: Something |
SomethingNoun1. A thing of some kind; "is there something you want?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "something" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble. |
Difference | Different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes; horse of a different color; this that or the other. |
Imagination | Create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate; improvise, strike out something new. |
Importance | Verb: be important; Adjective:, be somebody, be something; import, signify, matter, boot, be an object; carry weight; (influence); make a figure; (repute); be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade; lie at the root of; deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration. |
MATERIALITY | Object, article, thing, something; still life; stocks and stones; materials . |
Qualification | Approximately in a limited degree (smallness); somewhat, sort of, something like that, to a certain extent, to a degree, in a sense, so to speak. |
Revolution | Verb: revolutionize; new model, remodel, recast; strike out something new, break with the past; change the face of, unsex. |
Similarity | Approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing. |
Smallness | Partially, in part; in a certain degree, to a certain degree; to a certain extent; comparatively; some, rather in some degree, in some measure; something, somewhat; simply, only, purely, merely; at least, at the least, at most, at the most; ever so little, as little as may be, tant soit peu, in ever so small a degree; thus far, pro tanto, within bounds, in a manner, after a fashion, so to speak. |
Substantiality | Noun: substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter; corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part. |
Uncertainty | Vagueness; Adjective: haze, fog; obscurity; (darkness); ambiguity; (double meaning); contingency, dependence, dependency, double contingency, possibility upon a possibility; open question; (question); onus probandi; blind bargain, pig in a poke, leap in the dark, something or other; needle in a haystack, needle in a bottle of hay; roving commission. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Something |
| English words defined with "something": To have something on the stock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "something": hitting something up ♦ to suss something out, transfer of something in lieu of payment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "something": Untruism. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You've gotta control yourself and think of something non-sexual (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg) He was on to something. (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Your father seems to think this type of behavior is something to be proud of. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Every story you've ever heard about vampires, werewolves, or aliens, is the system assimilating some program that's doing something they're not supposed to be doing (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Hmm. That's something I've never heard before (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) | |
Lyrics | Maybe they're seeing, something we don't, Darlin' (Something To Talk About; performing artist: Bonnie Raitt) Somethin' tells me I'm into something good (I'm into Something Good; performing artist: Herman's Hermits) That there is something about you (Something About You; performing artist: Level 42) How can something so right go so wrong (Something Happened On The Way To Heaven; performing artist: Phil Collins) And give me something to believe in (Something To Believe In; performing artist: Poison) | |
Clever | A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. (references; author: Mark Twain) When wealth is lost, nothing is lost: when health is lost, something is lost: when character is lost, all is lost. (references; author: German Proverb) Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says (references; author: unknown) Repentance is never something to be ashamed of. (references; author: unknown) A budget is something we go without to stay within. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Is It Something I Said? (1974) The Girl with Something Extra (1973) Say Something Don't Just Lie There (1973) And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) Fiberglass Chairs: Something of How They Get the Way They Are (1970) | |
Song Titles | SOMETHING ABOUT YOU (performing artist: Four Tops ) SOMETHING STUPID (performing artist: Frank & Nancy Sinatra ) I Know There's Something Going On (performing artist: Frida) I'm Into Something Good (performing artist: Herman's Hermits) Something About You (performing artist: Level 42) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seated at a dining room table is a mother showing her daughter something on a yellow note pad. Credit: Michael Anderson (photographer). |  | HAV is usually spread from person to person by putting something in the mouth (even though it may look clean) that has been contaminated with the stool of a person with hepatitis A. Adults will have signs and symptoms more often than children. Credit: CDC. |
 | Something a little different - saltwater flyfishing from the bow of a small boat. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Assistant Boatswain Wedderburn arranging something on one arm of the trawl doors. Plate V, print 14. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A man standing in a boat with a pump spraying water at something. Credit: Unknown. |  | It's lousy in any language. : Pediculosis is one health problem we can do something about. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Something to remember after the war. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Washington cook (to mistress in the hall)--"Shure, ye can't come in. We've gone into executive session, and we're cookin up something to surprise ye". Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | I thought I had something. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cheer up! he's gotta tell you something within six weeks!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Green Something" by Vince Pataky Commentary: "Just some kind of plant." | "Large Metal Something" by Christie Ortiz Commentary: "Large metal object which looks like it could be used for tieing up boats." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
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 | Car skidding and crashing into something. | | Clown sound effect for pretending to drop something which is connected to a string and recovered. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Calvin Coolidge | I've never had to explain something I didn't say. |
Henry David Thoreau | Be not simply good; be good for something. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | To create something you must be something. |
Marquis De Vauvenargues | The idle always have a mind to do something. |
| Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something. | |
Plato | I have good hope that there is something after death. |
Publilius Syrus | Every one excels in something in which another fails. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | That man is idle who can do something better. |
Robert Louis Stevenson | Everyone lives by selling something. |
Victor Hugo | A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Find out something that hath the use and value of money amongst his neighbours, you shall see the same man will begin presently to enlarge his possessions. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1896) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Her cheeks flushed at the name, and she felt afraid of something, though she knew not what |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | But there was something in her look which silenced him. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Everybody had something to say about it, but nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for a large family |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It may be true, that, to a sensitive observer, there was something exquisitely painful in it. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A little light which came from it enabled him to recognise the newcomer, and to see that this man was carrying something on his back |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Everyone of us could do something. |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The bank is something else than men. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I shall say something of the male nurseries, and then of the female |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Try something simple first. (references) | |
That’s something that happens to your mother. (references) | ||
If possible, try having something at bedtime. (references) | ||
Business | Pressure is mounting to do something about the solid waste problem in Thailand. (references) | |
The Singapore Government sees traffic density as something that must be closely controlled. (references) | ||
As in the U.S., it is not advisable to call a press conference unless something newsworthy is to be announced. (references) | ||
Children | Hungary | Taking away the family allowance is thus seen by Roma as punishment for neglecting to do something that they cannot afford. (references) |
Economic History | Japan | A strong licensee will have something to bring to the partnership as well. (references) |
Australia | Products from all over the world are represented in this sophisticated market, where sellers and end-users alike are all searching for something new. (references) | |
Human Rights | Israel and the occupied territories | In testimony taken during the year, numerous police officers testified that the police, including snipers, fired live ammunition into crowds of demonstrators, something police officials vehemently had denied in the period after the demonstrations. (references) |
Nigeria | The Oputa Panel can recommend courses of action to the justice system for perpetrators of past abuses, something the NHRC does not do. According to Justice Oputa, the chair, the panel's primary goal is to provide the country with a systematic examination of past human rights abuses to develop a national consensus on the boundaries of acceptable behavior by government entities as well as individuals. (references) | |
Trade | Uae | The biggest attraction to setting-up in a free trade zone is the right of 100% ownership; something not available elsewhere in the country. (references) |
Travel | Egypt | Although taxis have meters, the official rate is so low, the obligation to pay something realistic is clear. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | The general rule is that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is, and even a simple reply might cause future problems. (references) | |
Ukraine | Given the fact that "business" in a Western sense is something new to the current generation of Ukrainians, it is difficult to generalize about proper protocol and customs for doing business in Ukraine. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | There is a percentage of our society that will always be addicted to something. |
John Hartmann | Jim, let me tell you something. There's going to be a whole bunch of things we don't tell Mrs. Clinton. |
Karl Lagerfeld | Oh, I'm very good on that but I don't do it too much because if you want to lose all your friends, you do that. But it's something I still adore. |
Mary Tyler Moore | Thank God. I've been depressed from time to time, but never so much that I would seriously consider doing something else that I knew nothing about. |
Michael J. Fox | Just get away from it and not look at it and not deal with it. That's when I realized it was something I wanted to stop doing. |
Paul McCartney | Half an hour, something like that. If you're really lucky, they just arrive and you kind of just write them down. |
Rush Limbaugh | It's a fact of life that when something is given to someone, he values it far less than when he earns it through his own sweat. |
Trisha Meili | I'll tell you, that was something else. That was about five months after. I was still at Gaylord, but I went back to New York City on a weekend. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides, something is due to the Man who puts his life in his hands, hazards his health, and forsakes the Sweets of domestic enjoyments. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | Beyond this obvious duty I hope to do something more to advance the reform of the civil service. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | But if there is to be responsible party government, the party label must be something more than a mere device for securing office. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | In conclusion, I should like to say something about a detente between NATO and the Warsaw Treaty countries that you have mentioned. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Well, the results are something of which we can all be proud. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Something tells me a number of taxpayers may take us up on this one. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Every diploma ought to mean something. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Something" is generally used as a pronoun (indefinite) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Something" is used about 52,396 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Pronoun (indefinite) | 100% | 52,396 | 163 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "something". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Golgotha | N/A | Biblical | Something skull-shaped |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "something": come off something ♦ if something ♦ or something ♦ something better ♦ something cheaper ♦ something else ♦ something hard ♦ something in my eye ♦ something in the air ♦ something in the nature of ♦ something is amiss ♦ something is up ♦ something is wrong ♦ something is wrong here ♦ something is wrong with ♦ something like ♦ something like that ♦ something of ♦ something of the kind ♦ something of the sort ♦ something or other ♦ something out of the ordinary ♦ something similar ♦ something sweet ♦ something to drink ♦ strike out something new ♦ To have something on the stock ♦ To pass something on ♦ to pass something on some one ♦ to pass something upon some one ♦ transfer of something in lieu of payment. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "something": something-a, something-and, Something-bird, something-for-nothing, something-not-quite-right, something-or-other, something-or-the-other, something-perhaps. | |
Ending with "something": thirty-something, twenty-something. | |
Containing "something": Casa-something-or-other, every-night-something-awful, fifteen-something-or-other, great-something-grandfather, inspector-of-something-or-other, it-must-be-something-we-eat, was-there-something-else. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "something"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | iets (anything), enigiets (anything). (various references) | |
Albanian | gjëkafshë (anything), diçka (any, anything, aught, either, somebody, someone, somewhat). (various references) | |
Arabic | شىء ما, شىء (contraption, matter, object, thing, thingummy), شخص ذو شأن (pot). (various references) | |
Aymara | jaytaña (to leave something). (various references) | |
Basque | zerbait. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | нещо (affair, anything, aught, do, matter, summat, thing). (various references) | |
Catalan | quelcom (anything). (various references) | |
Chinese | 某物 , 某事. (various references) | |
Czech | nìco (anything), něco (anything). (various references) | |
Danish | noget (anything). (various references) | |
Dutch | iets (anything). (various references) | |
Esperanto | novaĵo (news, novelty, something new), friponi (cheat, do something crooked), enui (be bored, be tired of something). (various references) | |
Faeroese | okkurt (anything), nakað (a little, anything, rather, some, somewhat, to some extent). (various references) | |
Farsi | یک چیزی , چیزی (Nip), قدری (Piece, Some, Somewhat), تااندازه ای (Somedeal). (various references) | |
Finnish | jokin (any, anything, some). (various references) | |
French | quelque chose. (various references) | |
Frisian | eat (anything). (various references) | |
German | etwas (a bit, a little, any, anything, aught, poco, rather, slightly, some, somewhat, to some extent), irgendwas (anything, something or other, somewhat), irgendetwas (anything). (various references) | |
Greek | κάτι (anything, somewhat). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | gjëkafshë (anything), diçka (anything). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משהו (anything, aught, slightly, somewhat), מאומה (anything, whatever), מאום (defect), כלום (anything, nothing), דבר מה, דבר (affair, anything, matter, message, object, saying, thing, word). (various references) | |
Hungarian | valami (any, anything, aught, number, ought, some, something or other, something to live for), némileg (slightly, some, somewhat). (various references) | |
Icelandic | þykir (have an opinion about something). (various references) | |
Indonesian | suatu, sesuatu. (various references) | |
Italian | qualcosa (a little, anything, ought, some). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 少し (few, little, little while, short distance, small quantity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すこし (few, little, little while, short distance, small quantity), なにか, なにごと (everything, nothing, what), なにやら (for some reason), なにもの (nothing, what kind of person, who), いくらか (a little, anything, in part, some, somewhat). (various references) | |
Korean | 무언가. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | eppes. (various references) | |
Malagasy | fomba. (various references) | |
Manx | red ennagh (aught), nhee ennagh. (various references) | |
Mohawk | -tarihàtha' (to heat something), -hsehtha' (to hide something), -enohares (to wash something). (various references) | |
Norwegian | noe (anything). (various references) | |
Papiamen | un cos (anything), algu (anything). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omethingsay.(various references) | |
Polish | coś (anything). (various references) | |
Portuguese | algo (anything, riches, somewhat). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | algum (some), algo. (various references) | |
Romanian | ceva (a bit, a little, anything, aught, little, some, somewhat). (various references) | |
Russian | нечто (eye-catcher). (various references) | |
Scottish | sìon (anything, season;, weather), té-eigin (a, an, any, anybody, anything, one, some, somebody, someone), rudeigin (anything), feareigin (a, an, any, anybody, anything, one, some, somebody, someone), càileiginn. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nešto (little: a little, some, somewhat). (various references) | |
Somali | wax (anything, thing). (various references) | |
Spanish | algo (anything, at all, aught, rather, smth., some, somewhat, sth., trifle). (various references) | |
Sranan | wansani (anything). (various references) | |
Swahili | habari (news, novelty, something new). (various references) | |
Swedish | något (any, anybody, anyone, anything, one, some, somebody, someone, somewhat), någonting (anything). (various references) | |
Thai | บางสิ่ง, อย่างเล็กน้อย (lightly, slightly). (various references) | |
Turkish | birşey, bir şey (anything), önemli bir şey. (various references) | |
Turkmen | sьяюьrmek (move something 2), sarkyrmak (make something drip), tapyюmak (help find something), owratmak (make something crumble), oсatlandyrmak (make something better), цzgeriю (change, something new), цwьrmek (turn something), kapyяalaюdyrmak (make something rhyme, rhyme), jaяtartmak (stand something up), gozgamak (move something 1), gцзьrmek (move something 2), dillenmek (say something). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сякий-такий (so and so), якоюсь мірою (anything, anywhere), щось (anything, whatnot), що-небудь (any, anything, aught), кілька (anchovy, couple, several, some, sprat), проклятий (accursed, accurst, bloody, blushing, cursed, cussed, damned, infernal), приблизно (about, approximately, around, in the rough, just about, more or less, or so, rough, some), досить (amply, belay, deep, drop it, enough, fairly, nothing else, nuff, once, passable, plenty, pretty, relatively, say no more, sufficiently), дещо (aught, some, very). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | gọi là (somewhat), chút ít (modicum, trace). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhywbeth, dim (any, anything, aught, no, none, nothing). (various references) | |
Yucatec | wa ba'ax (anything). (various references) | |
Zulu | noma yini (anything), into (anything, thing). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | alicui, alicuius, aliquae, aliquam, aliquas, aliquem, aliqui, aliquid, aliquis, aliquo, aliquos, aliquot, creatio, cui, cuidam, cuique, cuius, cuiusdam, cuiusque, datio in solutum, nequa, nequam, procreationem, qua, quadam, quae, quaedam, quaeque, quaesumus, quô, quam, quandam, quando, quarum, quas, quasdam, quasque, quem, quempiam, quendam, qui, quibus, quibusdam, quid, quidam, quique, quis, quispiam, quisque, quo, quodam, quoque, quorum, quorumdam, quorundam, quos, quosdam, quosque, usus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hwa. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Basilissa notou egerqhsetai en th krisei meta twn andrwn thV geneaV tauthV kai katakrinei autouV oti hlqen ek twn peratwn thV ghV akousai thn sofian solomwntoV kai idou pleion solomwntoV wde |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Regina austri surget in iudicio cum viris generationis huius et condemnabit illos quia venit a finibus terrae audire sapientiam Salomonis et ecce plus Salomone hic |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Suðdæles cwen arist on dome mid þisse cneorysse mannum and genyðerað hig forþam þe heo com of eorðan endum to gehyranne salomones wisdom; And efne þes is mara þonne salomon; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The queen of the south schal rise in doom with men of this generacioun, and schal condempne hem; for sche cam fro the endis of the erthe, for to here the wisdom of Salomon, and lo! here is a gretter than Salomon. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The quene of the southe shall ryse at iudgement with the men of this generacio and condempne them: for she came fro the ende of the worlde to heare the wysdome of Salomon. And beholde a greater then Salomon is here. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | Ang rayna sa Habagatan mobangon ra unya sa adlaw sa hukom uban sa mga tawo niining kaliwatana ug magahukom niini sa silot; kay siya mianhi gikan sa kinatumyan sa yuta aron sa pagpatalinghug sa kaalam ni Salomon, ug tan-awa, ania dinhi karoy labaw pa kay kang Salomon. |
| Croatian | "Kraljica æe Juga ustati na Sudu s ljudima ovog naraštaja i osuditi ih jer je s krajeva zemlje došla èuti mudrost Salomonovu, a evo ovdje i više od Salomona! |
| Danish | Sydens Dronning skal oprejses ved Dommen sammen med Mændene af denne Slægt og fordømme dem; thi hun kom fra Jordens Grænser for at høre Salomons Visdom; og se, her er mere end Salomon. |
| Dutch | De koningin van het Zuiden zal opstaan in het oordeel met de mannen van dit geslacht, en zal ze veroordelen; want zij is gekomen van de einden der aarde, om te horen de wijsheid van Salomo; en ziet, meer dan Salomo is hier. |
| Finnish | Etelän kuningatar on heräjävä tuomiolle yhdessä tämän sukupolven miesten kanssa ja tuleva heille tuomioksi; sillä hän tuli maan ääristä kuulemaan Salomon viisautta, ja katso, tässä on enempi kuin Salomo. |
| French | La reine du Midi se lèvera, au jour du jugement, avec les hommes de cette génération et les condamnera, parce qu`elle vint des extrémités de la terre pour entendre la sagesse de Salomon; et voici, il y a ici plus que Salomon. |
| German | Die Königin von Mittag wird auftreten vor dem Gericht mit den Leuten dieses Geschlechts und wird sie verdammen; denn sie kam von der Welt Ende, zu hören die Weisheit Salomos. Und siehe, hier ist mehr denn Salomo. |
| Hungarian | A Délnek királynéasszonya felkél majd az ítéletkor e nemzetség férfiaival, és kárhoztatja õket: mert õ eljött a földnek szélérõl, hogy hallhassa a Salamon bölcseségét; és ímé nagyobb van itt Salamonnál. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada Hari Kiamat, Ratu negeri Selatan akan bangkit bersama orang-orang zaman ini, dan menuduh mereka. Sebab, untuk mendengarkan pengajaran Salomo yang bijak, Ratu itu membuat perjalanan yang jauh sekali dari ujung bumi. Tetapi di sini sekarang ada yang lebih besar daripada Salomo! |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka raja perempuan dari tanah sebelah selatan akan berbangkit pada hari kiamat beserta dengan orang bangsa ini dan akan menyalahkan mereka itu; karena raja perempuan itu datang dari ujung bumi hendak mendengar hikmat Sulaiman, maka sesungguhnya di sini ada seorang yang lebih besar daripada Sulaiman. |
| Manx Gaelic | Nee ben-rein y jiass girree seose ayns briwnys noi deiney yn cheeloghe shoh, as ad y gheyrey: son haink ish veih ardjyn sodjey magh y thallooin dy chlashtyn creenaght Solomon; as cur-my-ner, ta fer syrjey na Solomon ayns shoh. |
| Maori | Ka whakatika ngatahi te kuini o te tonga i te whakawakanga me nga tangata o tenei whakatupuranga, ka whakatau i te he ki a ratou; i haere hoki ia i nga pito o te whenua ki te whakarongo ki te whakaaro nui o Horomona; a tenei tetahi he nui ke atu i a Horomona. |
| Norwegian | Dronningen fra Syden skal stå op på dommens dag sammen med mennene av denne slekt og fordømme dem; for hun kom fra jordens ende for å høre Salomos visdom, og se, her er mere enn Salomo. |
| Portuguese | A rainha do sul se levantará no juízo com os homens desta geração, e os condenará; porque veio dos confins da terra para ouvir a sabedoria de Salomão; e eis, aqui quem é maior do que Salomão. |
| Rumanian | Kmpqrqteasa de la miazqzi se va scula, kn ziua judecqyii, alqturi de bqrbayii acestui neam, wi -i va oskndi; pentrucq ea a venit dela capqtul pqmkntului ca sq audq knyelepciunea lui Solomon; wi iatq cq aici este Unul mai mare deckt Solomon. |
| Shuar | Yaunchu Sarumún uunt akupin pujai Sepa Núnkanmaya nuwa akupin Sarumunka chichamen nekaataj tusa ti jeashtanmaya Támiayi. Tura yamaikia Sarumunjai nankaamas pujai átumka anturtatsrume. Tuma asamtai Wi Tájarme, Yus Ashí shuaran nekapsattana nu tsawant jeamtai nu nuwa, akupniun pénker anturka asamtai, Yus iimianum pénker átatui. Antsu atumsha Winia anturtukcha asakrumin Yus iimianum yajauch átatrume. |
| Swahili | Malkia wa kusini atatokea wakati kizazi hiki kitakapohukumiwa, naye atashuhudia kwamba kina hatia. Yeye alisafiri kutoka mbali, akaja kusikiliza maneno ya hekima ya Solomoni; kumbe hapa pana mkuu zaidi kuliko Solomoni. |
| Swedish | Drottningen av Söderlandet skall vid domen träda fram tillsammans med detta släktes män och bliva dem till dom. Ty hon kom från jordens ända för att höra Salomos visdom; och se, har är vad som är mer än Salomo. |
| Uma | Hi Eo Kiama mpai', raja bine ngkai Selatan rapotuwu' nculii' hangkaa-ngkania hante koi' to tuwu' tempo toi, pai' -i mpotudo' sala' -ni. Apa' momako' -i tumai ngkai ngata to molaa lia, doko' mpu'u-i mpo'epe lolita Magau' Salomo to pante lia. Hiaa' ria-mi hi laintongo' -ni to meliu kabohe tuwu' -na ngkai Salomo, aga uma oa' nipangalai' lolita-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Something" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: samething, semothing, soemthing, somethi, somethin, somethingl, somethings, someting, somthing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "something" (pronounced su"mthing) |
| 3 | -th i ng | birthing, loathing, nothing, seething, sleuthing, unearthing, Worthing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-m-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: histogen, mitogens. | |
-2 letters: egotism, emoting, ethions, gnomish, gnomist, histone, hogties, homiest, homines, hosting, meshing, mestino, mitogen, moisten, moshing, nighest, sentimo, shoeing, theming. | |
-3 letters: egoism, egoist, eights, eonism, ethion, ethnos, gemots, genoms, gnomes, hemins, hinges, hoeing, hogtie, homing, honest, hosing, ingest, ingots, inmesh, inmost, meting, mights, mongst, monies, monish, monist, montes, months, neighs, nights. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-m-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: smothering. | |
+2 letters: besmoothing, methodising, outscheming, resmoothing, smoothening. | |
+3 letters: earthmovings, homesteading, meetinghouse, moonlighters. | |
+4 letters: homogeneities, lightsomeness, meetinghouses, physostigmine, thermosetting, thermostating. | |
+5 letters: cinematographs, homogenisation, magnetospheric, metamorphosing, methemoglobins, physostigmines, thermostatting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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