somebody

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UK /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ US /ˈsʌmˌbədi/

noun 2pron 1

Collocations

ADJ.

clean, open

I need to find somebody open-minded to help me understand this difficult topic.

VERB + SOMEBODY

hands, hit, know, need, pity, shake

I need somebody to help me move this heavy furniture into the living room.

SOMEBODY + NOUN

combination, door

I heard somebody knocking at the door last night but nobody answered it.

PREP.

on, than, with

ADV.

away, fully

He ran away from somebody who was chasing him down the street.

Definitions

pron

Some unspecified person.

Somebody has to clean this mess up.

noun

Any person.

In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before.

So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.

A recognised or important person, a celebrity.

I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a human being

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Somebody has to clean this mess up.

Wiktionary

In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before.

Wiktionary

So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.

Wiktionary

I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.

Wiktionary

It's a pity when somebody dies.

Tatoeba · #1570

I really need to hit somebody.

Tatoeba · #1680

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