somebody
//ˈsʌmbˌɒdi//
informalForms
- Plural
- somebodies
Definitions
1.Any person.
- So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.
- 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.
2.A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
- I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.
1.Some unspecified person.
- Somebody has to clean this mess up.
2.Synonym of someone; an important person.
- He could have been somebody!
Frequency
Overall
Common· #840
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.