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anybody
[ en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee ]
pronoun
- any person.
noun
- a person of some importance:
If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
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
- often preceded by just any person at random; no matter who
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Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- anybody's guess, a matter of conjecture:
It's anybody's guess why she quit.
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Example Sentences
"Paris is a tough place to go, but we have always proved that we can compete against anybody and, with all due respect, I think we are going to win the second leg," he said.
"I'm really worried that anybody could come into the hospital - not for me, but for the patients that are having abortions. I think it's a dangerous situation for them also."
When asked by the moderator, “Does anybody say: If I had to go back, I would have voted differently?”
Over at the Pentagon, they’re converting executive offices on the E-Ring into Mar-a-Lago bathrooms where anybody can walk in and rummage through stuff that used to be Top Secret.
“The demographics are anybody from teenagers to 80-year-olds. They’ve put together a great body of work.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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