Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)A person dismissed as unimportant.

    Niemand

    ничто́жествоničtóžestvo

    a person of no influence

  2. Something that has no body or an especially small one.

Examples

3905 sentences
  1. There was nobody in the garden.

    У саду нікого не було.

    ruНикого не было в саду.

    deDa war niemand im Garten.

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  2. Tom has nobody to help him.

    У Тома немає нікого, хто може йому допомогти.

    ruТому некому помогать.

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  3. Tom confirmed that nobody was injured.

    Том підтвердив, що ніхто не постраждав.

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  4. Tom thinks of nobody but himself.

    Том думає лише про себе.

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  5. I met nobody on my way home.

    Я нікого не зустрів, ідучи додому.

    deIch begegnete niemandem auf dem Nachhauseweg.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
unimportant person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unimportant person:

Origin

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, ad

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).

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Forms

plural: nobodies
Singularnobody
Pluralnobodies

regular

Synonyms

62 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • nobody wants to
  • nobody else
  • nobody knows
  • nobody seems to
  • nobody came came
  • said said nobody
  • nobody else was
  • nobody ever
  • nobody knows what
  • said that nobody
  • nobody heard heard
  • nobody seems

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nobody — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto