(also somebody) pronoun
1 a person who is not known or mentioned by name:
There's someone at the door. * Someone's left their bag behind. * It's time for someone new (= a new person) to take over. * It couldn't have been me-it must have been someone else (= a different person). * Should we call a doctor or someone?
HELPNOTE The difference between someone and anyone is the same as the difference between some and any. Look at the notes there.
2 an important person:
He was a small-time lawyer keen to be someone
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for someone is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does someone appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — someone appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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