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some·one
(sŭm′wŭn′, -wən)pron.
An unspecified or unknown person.
n.
A person of importance: He really thinks he's someone.
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someone
(ˈsʌmˌwʌn; -wən)pron
some person; somebody
Usage: Someone and somebody are interchangeable, as are everyone and everybody, and no-one and nobody.
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some•one
(ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən)pron.
some person; somebody.
[1275–1325]
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someone
– somebody1. used in statements
You use someone or somebody to refer to a person without saying who you mean.
Carlos sent someone to see me.
There was an accident and somebody got hurt.
There is no difference in meaning between someone and somebody, but somebody is more common in spoken English, and someone is more common in written English.
Be Careful!
You don't usually use 'someone' or 'somebody' as part of the object of a negative sentence. Don't say, for example, 'I don't know someone who lives in York'. You say 'I don't know anyone who lives in York'.
There wasn't anyone there.
There wasn't much room for anybody else.
2. used in questions
In questions, you can use someone, somebody, anyone, or anybody as part of the object. You use someone or somebody when you are expecting the answer 'yes'. For example, if you think I met someone, you might ask me 'Did you meet someone?' If you do not know whether I met someone or not, you would ask 'Did you meet anyone?'
Marit, did you have someone in your room last night?
Was there anyone you knew at the party?
Be Careful!
Don't use 'someone' or 'somebody' with of in front of the plural form of a noun. Don't say, for example, 'Someone of my friends is an artist'. You say 'One of my friends is an artist'.
One of his classmates won a national poetry competition.
'Where have you been?' one of them asked.
3. 'some people'
Someone and somebody do not have plural forms. If you want to refer to a group of people without saying who you mean, you say some people.
Some people tried to escape through a window.
This behaviour may be annoying to some people.
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| Noun | 1. |  someone - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self" adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission appointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or position capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in hue communicator - a person who communicates with others contestant - a person who participates in competitions coward - a person who shows fear or timidity creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry" expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" native - a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil" inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone loved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your family leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money national, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity nonworker - a person who does nothing beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
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someone
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someone
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Translations
شَخْصٌ ذو أهَمِيَّهشَخْصٌ ماشَخْصٌ مَا
někdo
en eller andennogen
jemandein düsteres Bild zeichnen
iu
joku
quelqu’unquelqu'un
nekonetko
valaki
einhvermerkilegur/sérstakur
誰か
누군가
cineva
någon
บางคน
birisiönemli birisibir kimse
người nào đó
someone
[ˈsʌmwʌn] pron (= an unspecified person) → quelqu'un
Someone stole my bag → Quelqu'un a volé mon sac.
someone or other → une personne ou une autre, quelqu'un
Someone stole my bag → Quelqu'un a volé mon sac.
someone or other → une personne ou une autre, quelqu'un
(= an important person) → quelqu'un
He was someone in this town → Il était quelqu'un dans cette ville.
He was someone in this town → Il était quelqu'un dans cette ville.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
some
(sam) pronoun, adjective1. an indefinite amount or number (of). I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.
2. (said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of). `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.
3. (said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of). Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.
4. certain. He's quite kind in some ways.
adjective1. a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of). I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!
2. an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc). She was hunting for some book that she's lost.
3. (used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate. There were some thirty people at the reception.
adverb (American) somewhat; to a certain extent. I think we've progressed some.
ˈsomebody pronoun someone.
ˈsomeday adverb (also some day) at an unknown time in the future. We'll manage it someday.
ˈsomehow adverb in some way not known for certain. I'll get there somehow.
ˈsomeone pronoun1. an unknown or unnamed person. There's someone at the door – would you answer it?; We all know someone who needs help.
2. a person of importance. He thinks he is someone.
ˈsomething pronoun1. a thing not known or not stated. Would you like something to eat?; I've got something to tell you.
2. a thing of importance. There's something in what you say.
ˈsometime adverb at an unknown time in the future or the past. We'll go there sometime next week; They went sometime last month.
ˈsometimes adverb occasionally. He sometimes goes to America; He goes to America sometimes; Sometimes he seems very forgetful.
ˈsomewhat adverb rather; a little. He is somewhat sad; The news puzzled me somewhat.
ˈsomewhere adverb (American ˈsomeplace) (in or to) some place not known or not named. They live somewhere in London; I won't be at home tonight – I'm going somewhere for dinner.
mean something to have meaning; to be significant. Do all these figures mean something?
or something used when the speaker is uncertain or being vague. Her name is Mary or Margaret or something.
something like1. about. We have something like five hundred people working here.
2. rather like. A zebra is something like a horse with stripes.
something tells me I have reason to believe; I suspect. Something tells me she's lying.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
someone
→ شَخْصٌ مَا někdo nogen jemand κάποιος alguien joku quelqu’un netko qualcuno 誰か 누군가 iemand noen ktoś alguém кто-то någon บางคน birisi người nào đó 某人Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009