someone
One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identityOne or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» I want someone to talk to.
Ich will jemanden zum Reden. — MUIRIEL
Я хочу с кем-нибудь поговорить. — odexed
Я хочу з кимось поговорити. — deniko
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Examples
6352 sentencesI want someone to talk to.
Я хочу з кимось поговорити. — deniko
ruЯ хочу с кем-нибудь поговорить. — odexed
deIch will jemanden zum Reden. — MUIRIEL
We need someone to help us.
Нам потрібно, щоб нам хтось допоміг. — deniko
ruНам нужно, чтобы нам кто-нибудь помог. — odexed
deWir brauchen jemanden, der uns hilft. — Yorwba
She felt someone touch her back.
Вона відчула, як хтось доторкнувся до її спини. — deniko
ruОна почувствовала, как кто-то дотронулся до её спины. — marafon
Meaning
1 sensesOne or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.
Can someone help me, please?
Can you get me someone more knowledgeable?
jemand, einer
кто́-тоktó-to, кто-нибу́дьkto-nibúdʹ, не́ктоnékto
хтосьxtosʹ, хто-не́будьxto-nébudʹ
Origin
From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one.From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one.
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Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Something, anything, nothing: some-, any-, no- and every- words — Because the lesson uses it
Collocations
12 patterns- someone else
- heard someone
- find someone
- looking for someone
- someone to help
- find someone to
- someone else to
- waiting for someone
- someone broke into
- need someone to
- find someone else
- saw someone
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.