Definition of somebody
: one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity somebody will come in
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Examples of somebody in a Sentence
Somebody left you a message.
The singer waved to somebody in the crowd.
We need somebody who can work nights and weekends.
Is that somebody you know?
Somebody has to do it.
After I turned down the job, she offered it to somebody else.
First Known Use of somebody
14th century
somebody
Definition of somebody
: a person of position or importance
Examples of somebody in a Sentence
a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday
Recent Examples of somebody from the Web
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Somebody from Southern California is going to bring a Wimbledon singles title home after all.
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Despite libertarian dreams of complete decentralisation, in many cases somebody still has to make sure that the information baked into a blockchain is actually true.
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But when applied to the public at large, somebody could take advantage of this.
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Somebody hired a professional photographer (or someone had their D.S.L.R. on hand).
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This was the first time in this genre that somebody my size was an actually multidimensional being, flesh and blood without the really long beard, without the pointy shoes, without the asexuality.
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Knowing that life is long, your options are vast, and eroticism between two people is doomed to die out sooner or later, how can any one person be enough for any one somebody else?
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When France, Britain or Italy contemplated putting boots on the ground in Vietnam, Nigeria or Libya, their main fear was that somebody else might get there first.
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If patients’ costs exceed what Medicaid can pay, the money has to come out of somebody’s pocket.
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First Known Use of somebody
circa 1566
SOMEBODY Defined for English Language Learners
somebody
playDefinition of somebody for English Language Learners
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: a person who is not known, named, or specified
somebody
Definition of somebody for English Language Learners
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: an important person
SOMEBODY Defined for Kids
Definition of somebody for Students
: a person who is not known, named, or specified Somebody was looking for you.
Definition of somebody for Students
somebodies
: a person of importance He wanted to be a somebody.
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