anybody
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- any body (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/, /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.i.bɑd.i/, /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/, /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
Audio (US) (file)
Pronoun[edit]
anybody
- Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
- Anybody will do.
- Is there anybody inside?
- (informal) A person of some consideration or standing.
- Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.
- Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.
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Translations[edit]
anyone — see anyone
(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
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