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11something — The practice, originating in AmE and now spreading to BrE, of adding something to a multiple of ten to denote an age range (most often but not exclusively thirty something) is a convenient informal device: • This comic strip collection chronicles …
12-something — [sum′thiŋ] combining form forming adjectives 1. of, relating to, being, or for a person of an age one to nine years more than (a specified multiple of ten) [fortysomething, or in one s forties] 2. of a quantity one to nine more than (a specified… …
13…Something to Be — est le premier album solo du chanteur de Matchbox 20 Rob Thomas. Cet album sortit dans les bacs en 2005. Il a commencé en première position du Billboard 200, détronant The Emancipation of Mimi de Mariah Carey. Ce fut la première fois depuis le… …
14-something — [ sʌmθıŋ ] suffix used with numbers such as twenty, forty, sixty, etc. to refer to the age of someone who is between 20 and 29, 40 and 49, etc., or to make nouns meaning someone who is that age: I don t know how old Tom is I suppose he must be… …
15something — O.E. sum þinge; see SOME (Cf. some) + THING (Cf. thing). Hyphenated from c.1300; one word from 17c. Formerly common as an adverb (e.g. something like) …
16something is up — ► something is up informal something unusual or undesirable is happening. Main Entry: ↑up …
17something of — ► something of to some degree. Main Entry: ↑something …
18-something — [sum′thiŋ] combining form forming adjectives 1. of, relating to, being, or for a person of an age one to nine years more than (a specified multiple of ten) [fortysomething, or in one s forties] 2. of a quantity one to nine more than (a specified… …
19-something — UK [sʌmθɪŋ] US suffix used with numbers such as twenty, forty, sixty etc to refer to the age of someone who is between 20 and 29, 40 and 49 etc, or to make nouns meaning someone who is that age I don’t know how old Tom is – I suppose he must be… …
20something — [n] entity article, being, commodity, existence, existent, individual, object, substance, thing; concept 433 Ant. nothing …
