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-something

-something suffix: indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers.

Suffix

-something

  1. Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers.
    • He lives at 2-something fifty-something street, and he looks like he's thirty-something.
    • “If people can trust in him to run the country, you should trust in somebody that did their time and want to reinstate themselves,” Jeremiah says. “Especially if your leader has got 30-something felonies and I just have one.”2024 December 15, Kaan Ozcan and Sabrina Clay, “These convicted felons say if Trump can be elected president they shouldn’t face a stigma when applying for jobs”, in CNN, archived from the original...
    Synonyms:
    -odd, -some

Synonyms of -something

Origin of -something

From something.

Questions about -something

What does -something mean?
-something means indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers.
What part of speech is -something?
-something is a suffix.

Words near -something in the dictionary

  1. -soc
  2. -soft
  3. -sol
  4. -some
  5. -somes
  6. -something
  7. -son
  8. -sona
  9. -sonas
  10. -sophy
  11. -speak

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