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somebody

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

/ ˈsʌmˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə di /

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pronoun

some person.

noun, plural some·bod·ies.

a person of some note or importance.

Origin of somebody

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at some, body

Words nearby somebody

somber, sombre, sombrero, sombrous, some, somebody, somebody up there loves me, someday, somedeal, somehow, someone

Example sentences from the Web for somebody

Like I would do something making fun of somebody who was already down.

Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire |William O’Connor |January 6, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
How the hell does somebody show up at a David Duke organized event in 2002 and claim ignorance?

No. 3 Republican Admits Talking to White Supremacist Conference |Tim Mak |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Somebody had hung an American flag and people of the neighborhood had placed bouquets and candles.

'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops |Michael Daly |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
If even one of those four people is somebody that didn't actually get the vaccine, the results are meaningless.

Uh Oh: Ebola Vaccine Trials Stop |Leigh Cowart |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

When somebody broke into her rented Moscow apartment in September, she decided it was time for her to get out of there.

Russians Plot Exiled Government in Kiev |Anna Nemtsova |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You say must have been, because somebody has told you that a car went out there?

Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Here, get out of the way, Watson, and let somebody run that can run!

The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons |James Francis Thierry
Somebody knocked on the door and when we opened it the box was on the floor.

The Rover Boys on the Farm |Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
If her ladyship did not think me worthy of her confidence after all I felt, perhaps there was somebody else who deserved it.

Dariel |R. D. Blackmore
I wanted to think that it must be somebody else, and not our Uncle Sam.

Erema |R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for somebody

somebody

/ (ˈsʌmbədɪ) /

pronoun

some person; someone

noun plural -bodies

a person of greater importance than others he seems to be somebody in this town

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