"anybody" meaning in English

See anybody in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/ [UK], /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/ [UK], /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/ [US], /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/ [US], /ˈɛn.i.bɑd.i/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-anybody.wav [UK], en-us-anybody.ogg [US]
Etymology: any + body Etymology templates: {{compound|en|any|body}} any + body Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} anybody, {{en-pron}} anybody
  1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
    Sense id: en-anybody-en-pron-EHSvmbQ1 Categories (other): English compound determinatives, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English indefinite pronouns, English pronouns, English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English compound determinatives: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English indefinite pronouns: 71 29 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 67 33 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 48 52
  2. (informal) A person of some consideration or standing. Tags: informal Translations ((colloquial) a person of consideration or standing): важна клечка (važna klečka) (Bulgarian), کەس (kes) (Central Kurdish), joku [positive] (Finnish), kukaan [negative] (Finnish), jemand (German), wer [colloquial] (German), qualcuno (Italian), alguém (Portuguese), больша́я ши́шка (bolʹšája šíška) (english: big fir-cone) [feminine] (Russian), ва́жная пти́ца (vážnaja ptíca) (english: important bird) [feminine] (Russian), ва́жная персо́на (vážnaja persóna) [feminine] (Russian), ва́жное лицо́ (vážnoje licó) (english: important person) [feminine] (Russian), ши́шка (šíška) [feminine] (Russian), alguien (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anybody-en-pron-mAlUgYjx Categories (other): English compound determinatives, English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English compound determinatives: 53 47 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 48 52 Disambiguation of '(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anyone, any body [obsolete] Derived forms: anybody else, anybody's guess, anybody who is anybody, everybody who is anybody Related terms: nobody, everybody, somebody, anywhere, anything, anyhow

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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