Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

    Anybody will do.

    Is there anybody inside?

  2. (informal)A person of some consideration or standing.

    Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

    Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.

    jemand, wer

    больша́я ши́шкаbolʹšája šíška, ва́жная пти́цаvážnaja ptíca, ва́жная персо́наvážnaja persóna

Examples

3160 sentences
  1. Everybody who's anybody will be there.

    Будь-хто, хто має хоч якийс вплив, там буде.

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  2. I don't want to see anybody.

    Я не хочу нікого бачити.

    ruЯ не хочу никого видеть.

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  3. Does anybody know where Tom is?

    Хтось знає, де Том?

    ruКто-нибудь знает, где Том?

    deWeiß jemand, wo Tom ist?

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  4. I don't know anybody in Boston.

    Я не знаю нікого в Бостоні.

    ruЯ не знаю никого в Бостоне.

    deIch kenne niemanden in Boston.

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  5. Don't open that door for anybody.

    Нікому не відчиняй двері.

    deDie Tür dort darfst du niemandem öffnen!

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing:

Origin

From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body.

From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body.

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • anybody else
  • tell anybody
  • think that anybody
  • know anybody who
  • than anybody else
  • won't tell anybody
  • think anybody
  • tell anybody about
  • didn't tell anybody
  • is there anybody
  • seen seen anybody
  • anybody noticed what

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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