nobody
Not any person; the logical negation of somebodyNot any person; the logical negation of somebody.
Meaning
1 sensesNot any person; the logical negation of somebody.
I asked several people, but nobody knew how.
As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.
Examples
3905 sentencesThere was nobody in the garden.
У саду нікого не було. — brambury
ruНикого не было в саду. — corvard
deDa war niemand im Garten. — Wolf
Tom has nobody to help him.
У Тома немає нікого, хто може йому допомогти. — deniko
ruТому некому помогать. — marafon
Tom confirmed that nobody was injured.
Том підтвердив, що ніхто не постраждав. — deniko
Tom thinks of nobody but himself.
Том думає лише про себе. — deniko
I met nobody on my way home.
Я нікого не зустрів, ідучи додому. — aandrusiak
deIch begegnete niemandem auf dem Nachhauseweg. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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Synonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
9 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.