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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

/ ˈʌəɪ /

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of somebody1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; some, body
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He returned to painting the figure — “somebody” — but often embedded it in visually sumptuous abstract fields.

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You get to see somebody smile in a way that burns itself in your memory.

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“For somebody who’s supposed to be business oriented, he sure is allowing local businesses to sink and have the effect that these raids are having,” Gonzalez said.

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"I feel very passionately about people having a choice about their life and what quality of life somebody lives with," Angelina says.

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“The 4th Amendment as well as governing immigration regulations do not permit immigration agents to detain somebody against their will, even for a very brief time, absent reasonable suspicion,” he said.

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