"-something" meaning in All languages combined

See -something on Wiktionary

Suffix [English]

Etymology: From something. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -something, {{en-suffix}} -something
  1. Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--something-en-suffix-CQenYndq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From something.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-something",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-something",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lives at 2-something fifty-something street, and he looks like he's thirty-something.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers."
      ],
      "id": "en--something-en-suffix-CQenYndq",
      "links": [
        [
          "approximation",
          "approximation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-something"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From something.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-something",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-something",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English suffixes",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lives at 2-something fifty-something street, and he looks like he's thirty-something.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicating approximation, as in a range of numbers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "approximation",
          "approximation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-something"
}

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