anybody
[ en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee ]
/ ˈɛn iˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i /
pronoun
any person.
noun, plural an·y·bod·ies.
a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
Idioms for anybody
anybody's guess,
a matter of conjecture: It's anybody's guess why she quit.
Origin of anybody
usage note for anybody
The pronoun
anybody is always written as one word:
Is anybody home? There isn't anybody in the office. The two-word noun phrase
any body means “any group” (
Any body of students will include a few dissidents ) or “any physical body”:
The search continued for a week despite the failure to find any body. If the word
a can be substituted for
any without seriously affecting the meaning, the two-word noun phrase is called for:
a body of students; failure to find a body. If the substitution cannot be made, the spelling is
anybody.
Anybody is less formal than
anyone. See also
anyone,
each,
they.
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH anybody
antibody anybody (see usage note at the current entry)Words nearby anybody
any more,
any number of,
any old,
any port in a storm,
anyang,
anybody,
anyhoo,
anyhow,
anymore,
anyon,
anyone
Example sentences from the Web for anybodies
She said she never saw anything like it on anybodies toomstone so I guess itll be all right.
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!" |Edward Streeter
British Dictionary definitions for anybodies
anybody
/ (ˈɛnɪˌbɒdɪ, -bədɪ) /
pronoun
any person; anyone
(usually used with a negative or a question)
a person of any importance
he isn't anybody in this town
noun plural -bodies
(often preceded by just)
any person at random; no matter who