nobody
A person dismissed as unimportantA person dismissed as unimportant.
» There was nobody in the garden.
Da war niemand im Garten.
Im Garten war niemand.
Никого не было в саду.
В саду никого не было.
У саду нікого не було.
Meaning
2 senses(informal)A person dismissed as unimportant.
Niemand
ничто́жествоničtóžestvo
a person of no influence
Something that has no body or an especially small one.
Examples
3905 sentencesThere was nobody in the garden.
У саду нікого не було.
ruНикого не было в саду.
deDa war niemand im Garten.
Tom has nobody to help him.
У Тома немає нікого, хто може йому допомогти.
ruТому некому помогать.
Tom confirmed that nobody was injured.
Том підтвердив, що ніхто не постраждав.
Tom thinks of nobody but himself.
Том думає лише про себе.
I met nobody on my way home.
Я нікого не зустрів, ідучи додому.
deIch begegnete niemandem auf dem Nachhauseweg.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adFrom 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: nobodiesSynonyms
62 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsCollocations
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