"someone's" meaning in English

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Contraction

IPA: /ˈsʌmwʌnz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-someone's.wav
Etymology: From someone + 's. Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} someone's, {{en-cont}} someone's
  1. Contraction of someone is. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: someone is
    Sense id: en-someone's-en-contraction-cRT3CXgn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 7 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 2 2
  2. Contraction of someone has. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: someone has
    Sense id: en-someone's-en-contraction-fkaiGIPK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈsʌmwʌnz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-someone's.wav
Etymology: From someone + -'s. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|someone|'s}} someone + -'s Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} someone's, {{en-pron}} someone's
  1. Possessive case of someone. Synonyms: somebody's Translations (possessive case of ''someone''): чы́йсьці (čýjsʹci) (Belarusian), не́чы (njéčy) (Belarusian), не́йчы (njéjčy) (Belarusian), не́чий (néčij) (Bulgarian), 某人的 (mǒurén de) (Chinese Mandarin), něčí (Czech), iemands (Dutch), jonkun (Finnish), de quelqu’un (French), à quelqu’un (French), jemandes (German), valaki(nek a/az) …-a/-e/-ja/-je (Hungarian), valakié [predicative] (Hungarian), fi smaddy (Jamaican Creole), fi smaddy own (Jamaican Creole), 誰かの (alt: だれかの, dare ka no) (Japanese), 누군가의 (nugun'gaui) (Korean), czyjś (Polish), cuiva (Romanian), че́й-то (čéj-to) (Russian), niečí (Slovak), de alguien (Spanish), någons (Swedish), birinin (Turkish), чийсь (čyjsʹ) (Ukrainian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "someone is"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English contractions"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of someone is."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "someone",
          "someone#English"
        ],
        [
          "is",
          "is#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "someone has"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English contractions"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of someone has."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "someone",
          "someone#English"
        ],
        [
          "has",
          "has#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsʌmwʌnz/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "someone's"
}

Download raw JSONL data for someone's meaning in English (6.3kB)

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  "subsection": "pronoun",
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