someone
some·one
someone · someones
A partially specified but unnamed personA partially specified but unnamed person.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
/ˈsʌmwʌn/
Meaning
2 sensesA partially specified but unnamed person.
Do you need a gift for that special someone?
An important person.
He thinks he has become someone.
More definitions
- a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
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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Forms
plural: someonesSynonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential:personindividualsomebodymortalsoul
Word family
7 related wordsSee also
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