somebody

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See also: some-body and some body

English

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Etymology

From some +‎ body.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmbədɪ/, /ˈsʌmbɒdɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmbʌdi/, /ˈsʌmbədi/, /ˈsʌmbɑdi/
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Pronoun

somebody

  1. Some unspecified person.
    Somebody has to clean this mess up.

Usage notes

Logically related to everybody and nobody. Becomes nobody via negation.

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Noun

somebody (plural somebodys or somebodies)

  1. Any person.
    • 1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and the Fuel Crisis: Hearings..., page 88:
      So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.
  2. A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
    I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.
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