"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 , en-us-anybody.ogg
Etymology: From 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 indefinite pronouns, English pronouns, English third person pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English compound determinatives: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English indefinite pronouns: 76 24 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 68 32 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21
  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 third person pronouns, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of '(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anyone, any body [obsolete] Derived forms: anybody else, anybody's, 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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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vážnaja ptíca",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ва́жная пти́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vážnaja persóna",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ва́жная персо́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "important person",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vážnoje licó",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ва́жное лицо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šíška",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ши́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing",
      "word": "alguien"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anybody"
}

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{
  "called_from": "translations/324",
  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: French: __IGNORE__ (1), __IGNORE__ (2, negative only: pas n’importe qui)",
  "path": [
    "anybody"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "anybody",
  "trace": ""
}

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