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When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Meaning of "somehow" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMEHOW

somehow  [ˈsʌmˌhaʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMEHOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Somehow is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SOMEHOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of somehow in the English dictionary

The definition of somehow in the dictionary is in some unspecified way. Other definition of somehow is Also: somehow or other. by any means that are necessary.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMEHOW


anyhow
ˈɛnɪˌhaʊ
cahow
kəˈhaʊ
Hauhau
ˈhaʊhaʊ
how
haʊ
howe
haʊ
nohow
ˈnəʊˌhaʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMEHOW

some
some day
somebodies
somebody
someday
somedeal
somegate
somehow or other
someone
someone´s name is mud
someplace
somersault
Somerset
Somerset House
Somerville
somesthesia
somesthesis
somesthetic
something
something else

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMEHOW

as how
chow
fashion show
freak show
game show
horse show
know-how
motor show
no-show
reality show
run the show
salchow
sex show
show
sideshow
slide show
steal the show
talent show
talk show
to be a one-man show

Synonyms and antonyms of somehow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SOMEHOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «somehow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of somehow

Translation of «somehow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMEHOW

Find out the translation of somehow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of somehow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «somehow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不知何故
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de alguna forma
570 millions of speakers

English

somehow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी भी तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بِطَرِيقَةٍ مَا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

как-то
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de certa forma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একরকম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

d’une certaine manière
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Entah bagaimana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irgendwie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

何とか
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어떻게든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piye wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bằng cách nào đó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எப்படியோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कसा तरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bir şekilde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in qualche modo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jakoś
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

якось
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάπως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

een of ander manier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på något sätt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på en eller annen måte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of somehow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMEHOW»

The term «somehow» is very widely used and occupies the 8.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMEHOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «somehow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «somehow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about somehow

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10 QUOTES WITH «SOMEHOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word somehow.
1
Dan Ariely
While we somehow understand revenge on an intuitive level between individuals, I do suspect that companies, assuming that people are rational, completely miss and underestimate the motivation people have for revenge.
2
Jules Asner
I was never really a model. That somehow is in my bio. The whole thing is I was tall since I was a child - you're either a model or you play basketball.
3
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.
4
Annie Baker
Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays.
5
Alex Berenson
At any moment, one company stands in the spotlight of the middle ring in the stock market's never-ending circus. It may not be the biggest corporation in the world, or the most profitable, but somehow it both mirrors and leads the market's broader action.
6
Peter L. Bergen
I am very suspicious of the notion that somehow bin Laden was a media creation... Bin Laden's actions made him into a big deal. Not the media.
7
Steve Case
If you're doing something new you've got to have a vision. You've got to have a perspective. You've got to have some north star you're aiming for, and you just believe somehow you'll get there, which kind of gets to the passion point.
8
Joan Chen
How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid.
9
Laurie Colwin
Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd.
10
Paddy Considine
All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMEHOW»

Discover the use of somehow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to somehow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Somehow a Past: The Autobiography of Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley (1877-1943), the American modernist painter, was also a prolific writer who published dozens of essays and reviews and several volumes of poetry and prose.
Marsden Hartley, Susan Elizabeth Ryan, 1998
2
Make a Way Somehow: African-American Life in a Northern ...
This work reconstructs, from their own writings, the lives of African Americans in the small community of Geneva, New York, from its beginning in 1790 to the time of the civil rights movement.
Kathryn Grover, 1994
3
Taken Somehow By Surprise
David Clewell’s spirited poems cut through the noise we too often accommodate in our daily lives.
David Clewell, 2011
4
Girls, Guilty But Somehow Glorious
Time is running out. And being Zoe and Chloe they don't resort to run of the mill measures . . . This is the perfect next read for all those avid fans of Sue Limb's Girl, 15 series.
Sue Limb, 2010
5
Still Singing, Somehow
It is stranger than fiction; this book will take you beyond your imagination to faraway places and bizarre situations.
Rob Rideout, 2010
6
Somehow We Landed in Six Notrump
The stories and anecdotes in this bridge collection have one thing in common - in each case, the contract is 6NT! The first half of the book features the world's finest players at work, tackling all manner of 6NT contracts.
David Bird, 2009
7
Screams Somehow Echoing: Trauma and Testimony in Anglophone ...
Trauma and justice studies teach that testimony is the route to surviving productively after an experience of traumatizing violence.
Michelle Lynn Brown, 2008
8
Somehow Form a Family: Stories That Are Mostly True
The author offers eleven essays about growing up in front of the television, fully ensconced in the imaginary world of Mayberry, Gilligan's Island, and the Brady Bunch.
Tony Earley, 2008
9
And Somehow We Survive
Frieda had an affair with an SS officer who warned us when we had to go into hiding. After attending the 1991 Conference of Hidden Children in New York City I knew that this unusual story of survival had to be written.
Rudy Rosenberg, 2012
10
Somehow it Works: A Candid Portrait of the 1964 Presidential ...
This tells all about the 1964 presidential election with it emotions, campaign fights, etc., using both text and numerous large photos.
NBC News, Gene Shalit, Lawrence K. Grossman, 1965

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOMEHOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term somehow is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Somehow Teen Girls Get the Coolest Wearable Out There
Jewelbots are bracelets with programmable plastic flowers made for middle-school girls. They're also the most interesting wearable I've seen this year. «Wired, Jul 15»
2
Pixels Is Adam Sandler's Laziest Movie Yet, Somehow
1. Pixels is a perfectly acceptable idea for a movie that has unfortunately been Sandlerized. Based off a famous short film from 2010 that you can watch ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
3
Somehow, Trump is still doing well in the polls
The outrage over Donald Trump's “not a hero” comments about Sen. John McCain is not hurting him with voters, according to two new polls. One survey puts ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
4
Hadoop keeps marching on, somehow
Nothing seems to stop the Hadoop train. Despite seemingly "anemic interest," complex setup, and a crazy quilt of different projects that ostensibly comprise the ... «InfoWorld, Jul 15»
5
Watch this kitty stowaway somehow not freak out mid-flight
A daredevil cat hitches a ride on an airplane and somehow manages not to freak out -- or fall out -- during a flying lesson at a French Guiana flight school. «CNET, Jun 15»
6
Neymar, Brazil's Soccer Messiah, Is Somehow Surpassing His Own …
A fundamental part of the marvel that is LeBron James is the sheer madness of his journey. Here is a man who was on the cover of national magazines and ... «Deadspin, Jun 15»
7
Remembering our misspent summers: Somehow, we survived
Remembering our misspent summers: Somehow, we survived. Remembering our misspent summers: Somehow, we survived ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
8
Cavaliers' magic continues ... somehow
And yet, somehow, some way, they are finding a way. The Cavaliers lead the NBA Finals two games to one after a 96-91 win over the Golden State Warriors in ... «ESPN, Jun 15»
9
Rangers turn 5-on-3 power play into Lightning goal, somehow
Tyler Johnson is leading the universe in postseason goals right now. So of COURSE he wasn't worried when the Rangers were on a 5-on-3 power play in the ... «SB Nation, May 15»
10
Somehow, "Bobs Burgers" Has Quietly Become The Hottest …
Over the years Bob's Burgers has built up its recurring characters with what appears to be the deepest bench of comedians in the game. 2 Notes; 0 Pin. 30 Plus. «Co.Create, May 15»

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