Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to something
Participle: somethinged
Gerund: somethinging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | something |
| you | something |
| he;she;it | somethings |
| we | something |
| you | something |
| they | something |
Perfect
| I | have somethinged |
| you | have somethinged |
| he;she;it | has somethinged |
| we | have somethinged |
| you | have somethinged |
| they | have somethinged |
Past
| I | somethinged |
| you | somethinged |
| he;she;it | somethinged |
| we | somethinged |
| you | somethinged |
| they | somethinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had somethinged |
| you | had somethinged |
| he;she;it | had somethinged |
| we | had somethinged |
| you | had somethinged |
| they | had somethinged |
Future
| I | will something |
| you | will something |
| he;she;it | will something |
| we | will something |
| you | will something |
| they | will something |
Future Perfect
| I | will have somethinged |
| you | will have somethinged |
| he;she;it | will have somethinged |
| we | will have somethinged |
| you | will have somethinged |
| they | will have somethinged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | something |
| you | something |
| he;she;it | something |
| we | something |
| you | something |
| they | something |
Perfect
| I | have somethinged |
| you | have somethinged |
| he;she;it | have somethinged |
| we | have somethinged |
| you | have somethinged |
| they | have somethinged |
Imperfect
| I | somethinged |
| you | somethinged |
| he;she;it | somethinged |
| we | somethinged |
| you | somethinged |
| they | somethinged |
Pluperfect
| I | had somethinged |
| you | had somethinged |
| he;she;it | had somethinged |
| we | had somethinged |
| you | had somethinged |
| they | had somethinged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would something |
| you | would something |
| he;she;it | would something |
| we | would something |
| you | would something |
| they | would something |
Perfect
| I | would have somethinged |
| you | would have somethinged |
| he;she;it | would have somethinged |
| we | would have somethinged |
| you | would have somethinged |
| they | would have somethinged |
Imperative
| you | something |
| we | Let's something |
| you | something |
Verbs conjugated like 'something'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'something'
forethink,
methink,
benothing,
bethink,
bowstring,
forebring,
forthink,
hamstring,
limetwig,
methinks,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Sample Sentences
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1890, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0140439234&id=IOZeJi7U4eEC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&sig=LW2P-uKmoZabe70ZKnIHIMQLXlw
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He didn’t apply for it for a long time, and then there was a hitch about it, and it was somethinged—vetoed, I believe she said.
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2003, George Angel, “Allegoady,” in Juncture, Lara Stapleton and Veronica Gonzalez edd. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1887128913&id=qB-D32yV1VAC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&sig=9AYyYLA-MQqTgAbptreoe3VyOzQ
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She hovers over the something somethinging and awkwardly lowers her bulk.
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2005, Floyd Skloot, A World of Light http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0803243189&id=TEgRGe6FiTkC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&sig=zEj4BPQ0eEFkj6LdOI8eRJlZrzE
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“Oh how we somethinged on the hmmm hmm we were wed. Dear, was I ever on the stage?”