somebody
Some unspecified personSome unspecified person.
Meaning
2 sensesSome unspecified person.
Somebody has to clean this mess up.
jemand, einer, wer
кто́-тоktó-to, кто-нибу́дьkto-nibúdʹ, не́ктоnékto
хтосьxtosʹ, хто-не́будьxto-nébudʹ, де́хтоdéxto
Synonym of someone; an important person.
He could have been somebody!
Examples
2106 sentencesI have to talk to somebody.
Мені потрібно з кимось поговорити. — ascolto
ruМне нужно с кем-нибудь поговорить. — odexed
I hope somebody will do that.
Сподіваюся, хтось це зробить. — deniko
ruНадеюсь, кто-нибудь это сделает. — marafon
Are you still waiting for somebody?
Ти й досі на когось чекаєш? — deniko
ruВы всё ещё кого-то ждёте? — marafon
Tom needs somebody to help Mary.
Тому потрібно, щоб хтось допоміг Мері. — deniko
ruТому нужно, чтобы Мэри кто-нибудь помог. — marafon
I met somebody who knows you.
Я познайомилася з кимось, хто вас знає. — deniko
deIch habe jemanden getroffen, der dich kennt. — Naina
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- somebody else
- heard heard somebody
- find somebody
- find somebody to
- somebody to help
- to find somebody
- heard somebody
- somebody else to
- somebody who can
- with somebody else
- somebody needs needs
- looking for somebody
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.