"something else" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-something else.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} something else (uncountable)
  1. (informal) Something exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual. Tags: informal, uncountable Translations (exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual): 特別出色的 (Chinese Mandarin), 特别出色的 (tèbié chūsè de) (Chinese Mandarin), omaa luokkaansa (note: in a class of its own) (Finnish), не́что осо́бенное (néčto osóbennoje) (Russian), слов нет (slov net) (Russian), что-то с чем-то (što-to s čem-to) (Russian), palabras mayores (Spanish), винятковий (vynjatkovyj) (Ukrainian), незвичайний (nezvyčajnyj) (Ukrainian), надзвичайний (nadzvyčajnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-something_else-en-noun-iVCIpEJA Disambiguation of 'exceptional, out of the ordinary, unusual': 95 1 4
  2. (informal) A person or thing that is outstandingly bad. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-something_else-en-noun-vFElzEIM
  3. Another unspecified item, perhaps not yet known or decided upon. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-something_else-en-noun-mXuIsy2w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 23 73

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