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somebody

US /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/

pronoun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

a human being

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Somebody left an umbrella in the meeting room after the seminar.

Collocations

  • Easy ask somebody
    to make a request or inquiry regarding somebody
  • Medium somebody from human resources
    describing somebody from human resources (a human being)
  • Hard somebody in authority
    describing somebody in authority (a human being)
  • Very Hard become a somebody in society
    to become a somebody in society, meaning to enter or assume a certain state or condition

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.