What is "something"

Something \Some"thing\, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance.
--Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath.
--Shak.

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly.
--Burke.

My sense of touch is something coarse.
--Tennyson.

It must be done to-night, And something from the palace.
--Shak.

Something \Some"thing\, n.

1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

   There is something in the wind.
   --Shak.

   The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.
   --Pope.

   Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
   --Longfellow.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

   Something yet of doubt remains.
   --Milton.

   Something of it arises from our infant state.
   --I. Watts.

3. A person or thing importance.

   If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
   --Gal. vi. 3.

Old English sum þinge; see some + thing. Hyphenated from c.1300; one word from 17c. Formerly common as an adverb (as in something like). Meaning "some liquor, food, etc." is from 1570s. Meaning "a thing worthy of consideration" is from 1580s; emphatic form something else is from 1909. Phrase something for nothing is from 1816. To make something of is from 1778.

1. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. adv. (context degree English) somewhat; to a degree. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. v

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

n. a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?"

"Something" is a song by the Beatles, written by George Harrison and released on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road. It was also issued on a double A-sided single with another track from the album, " Come Together". "Something" was the first Harrison composition to appear as a Beatles A-side, and the only song written by him to top the US charts before the band's break-up in April 1970. The single was also one of the first Beatles singles to contain tracks already available on an LP album.

The song drew high praise from the band's primary songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney; Lennon stated that "Something" was the best song on Abbey Road, while McCartney considered it the best song Harrison had written. As well as critical acclaim, the single achieved commercial success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and making the top five in the United Kingdom. The song has been covered by over 150 artists, making it the second-most covered Beatles song after " Yesterday". Artists who have covered the song include Phish, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, James Brown, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Smokey Robinson, Ike & Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Isaac Hayes, Julio Iglesias and Neil Diamond. Harrison said his favourite version of the song was James Brown's, which he kept in his personal jukebox.

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Something is a 1970 album by Shirley Bassey. With her career having been in decline since the latter part of the mid 1960s, Something proved to be Shirley Bassey's comeback when it was released in August 1970. The title track single became her biggest UK hit for many years, reaching No.4 and spending 22 weeks on the chart. This was actually the second single featured on the album, "The Sea and Sand" having already been released earlier. The album was similarly her biggest hit for many years in the album charts, reaching No.5 and spending 28 weeks in the top 50.

This album led to a major revival in Bassey's career, and it would see Bassey transform into mainly an album artist, recording fifteen albums in the 1970s (four of those live recordings). Of those three would be top ten albums, three others in the top fifteen, and a further four in the top 40. She would also reach the top three twice, with a pair of compilations. This was also her first work with record producer Noel Rogers and producer/arranger Johnny Harris, who built on Bassey's traditional pop roots to include contemporary songs and arrangements.

The album's original release was in stereo on vinyl and cassette. This was the first Shirley Bassey studio album not to be issued in mono. The album was released in the US as Shirley Bassey is Really "Something" and featured different artwork and cover photograph. EMI re-issued the album on CD in 2002 with a bonus track, "Fool On The Hill", which was a single release from 1971.

Something is an album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1970 and released on the Atlantic label. It includes instrumental covers of several contemporary hits from artists such as the Beatles and the Jackson 5, along with the original song "Messie Bessie".

"Something" is a song by Lithuanian singer Andrius Pojavis. The song was chosen on 20 December 2012, from the Lithuanian national selection, the song competed against six other songs, receiving 12 points from the jury, and 8 points from the public vote; coming in joint first place and advancing to the super-final with two other songs, where the song came first, and thus represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The song made it into the top ten from Semi Final 1 so proceeded to compete in the Grand Final, where it finished 21st with 17 points.

"Something" is the debut single by Belgian dance music group Lasgo. It was released in May 2000 as the lead single from their debut album Some Things.

In Spain, where the track was released simultaneously, the single was the best selling vinyl at the distributor the week it was released. In October 2000, "Something" peaked at number 8 in the Dutch charts, while in Germany they entered the charts at number 11. On February 25, 2002, Positiva Records released "Something" in the United Kingdom. It was also successful there; it entered and peaked at number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. "Something" also peaked at number 19 in Australia. They got A-rotation on BBC Radio 1 and performed on Nickelodeon, Popworld, and Top of the Pops. In the United States the song peaked at 35, and was the only Lasgo's song to enter on the US Main Chart, besides Alone, which peaked at 83.

On March 20, 2013, the song was re-released with new vocals from Jelle instead of Evi. The remade song also features vocals from British pop singer Taylor Jones.

Something is the second full-length album by American indie band Chairlift, released in the United States via Columbia Records on January 24, 2012, and in the United Kingdom via Young Turks on January 23, 2012. The first album since founding member Aaron Pfenning left the band in 2010, Something features production from Dan Carey and Alan Moulder. The first single, "Amanaemonesia", was released as a 7" on August 16, 2011 via Terrible Records. In March, 2012, an interactive video for "Met Before" was released. The video, directed by Jordan Fish, allows the viewer to determine the direction the main character takes.

"Something" is a song by South Korean pop duo TVXQ, also known as Tohoshinki in Japan. Serving as the lead single for their seventh Korean studio album Tense (2014), the song was produced by TVXQ's long-time collaborator Yoo Young-jin and co-written by Yoo with his brother Yoo Han-jin. Introduced as TVXQ's tenth anniversary comeback single, "Something" was released by S.M. Entertainment on January 6, 2014. Two versions of the song exist; the original Korean-language version, and a Japanese-language version, which was released by Avex Trax as a double A-sided CD single, along with " Hide & Seek", in Japan on February 5, 2014. It served as the fourth and final single release for the duo's seventh Japanese studio album, Tree (2014). Within a week of its release, the single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for shipments of over 100,000.

Noted for being a major musical departure from TVXQ's earlier songs, "Something" is a song that incorporates swing performance styles with modern dance-pop. The song deals with a narcissistic male protagonist who tells women that they need to have "that something" in order to attract him. The accompanying music video, filmed in early December 2013, premiered on January 1, 2014 at 6pm KST.

Something and anything are concepts of existence in ontology, contrasting with the concept of nothing. Both are used to describe the understanding that what exists is not nothing without needing to address the existence of everything. The philosopher David Lewis has pointed out that these are necessarily vague terms, asserting that "ontological assertions of common sense are correct if the quantifiers—such words as "something" and "anything"—are restricted roughly to ordinary or familiar things".

The idea that "something" is the opposite of "nothing" has existed at least since it was proposed by the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry in the 3rd century. One of the most basic questions of both science and philosophy is: why is there something rather than nothing at all? A question that follows from this is whether it is ever actually possible for there to be nothing at all, or whether there must always be something.

Grammatically, "something and anything are commonly classified as pronouns, although they do not stand for another noun so clearly as does thing itself, a word always classified as a noun".