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something else

something else noun: another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.

Noun

something else (uncountable)

  1. (literally) Another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.
    • It's a bracket for a camera at the moment, but it could be turned into a bracket for something else.2022 September 21, Brendan Rice, “Ready for inspection”, in RAIL, number 966, page 61
  2. (informal) Something exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual.
    • My mother's cooking is something else!
    • Before Ladybug could answer, Chico said, “Man, you’re something else. Do you really think that tall and skinny is good looking? […]”2010, Mary Ann Hutchison, Moochi’s Mariachis, Pen & Publish, →ISBN, page 42
  3. (informal) A person or thing that is outstandingly unfavorable.
    • You mean to tell me you let those kids walk all the way home? At night in the rain? Man, you're really something else.

something else meaning in Hindi and Tagalog

something else in Hindi

exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
कुछ अलग kuch alag

something else in Tagalog

exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual
pambihira

Questions about something else

What does something else mean?
Something else means another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon.
What is something else in Hindi?
Something else in Hindi is कुछ अलग (kuch alag). See Something else meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is something else?
Something else is a noun.

Words near something else in the dictionary

  1. something
  2. something and nothing
  3. something awful
  4. something bad
  5. something dreadful
  6. something else
  7. something fierce
  8. something for the weekend
  9. something good
  10. something is better than nothing
  11. something is rotten in Denmark

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