something else en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(literally, uncountable) 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:
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(informal, uncountable) 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:
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(informal, uncountable) 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.
Translations (11)
tl pambihira (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · ru слов нет (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · hi कुछ अलग (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · cmn 特別出色的 /特别出色的 (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · es palabras mayores (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · uk надзвичайний (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · fi omaa luokkaansa (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · ru что-то с чем-то (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · ru не́что осо́бенное (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · uk незвичайний (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual) · uk винятковий (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual)