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somebody

[ suhm-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee ]

pronoun

  1. some person.


noun

plural somebodies.
  1. a person of some note or importance.

somebody

/ ˈ²õÊŒ³¾²úÉ™»åɪ /

pronoun

  1. some person; someone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person of greater importance than others

    he seems to be somebody in this town

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of somebody1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; some, body
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"We thought maybe this is somebody who slipped through the net and as it turned out it wasn't at all," Det Insp Friend said.

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You did have somebody like Mark Twain write really perceptively about the hypocrisies of that age.

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"He saw martial law as a method for punishing the opposition. He felt that somebody had to stand up to them," Linton said.

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Who’s somebody else we might not expect to be into Papa Roach?

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"Every time I've been here and I've opened the door, somebody's come past and you can see them hovering around a bit," she said.

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