someone
1someone — (n.) c.1300, sum on; from SOME (Cf. some) + ONE (Cf. one). Someone else romantic rival is from 1914 …
2someone — index character (an individual), person Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3someone — ► PRONOUN 1) an unknown or unspecified person. 2) a person of importance or authority …
4someone — [sum′wun΄, sum′wən] pron. a person unknown or not named; some person; somebody …
5someone — some|one1 W1S1 [ˈsʌmwʌn] pron used to mean a person, when you do not know, or do not say, who the person is = ↑somebody →↑anyone, everyone ↑everyone, no one ↑no one ▪ What would you do if someone tried to rob you in the street? ▪ Will someone… …
6someone — some|one [ sʌmwʌn ] pronoun *** used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is: I can t find my calculator someone must have taken it. They need someone like you, someone who understands business methods.… …
7someone — 1 / sVmwVn/ pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not know, or do not say, who the person is: What would you do if someone tried to rob you in the street? | Will someone please explain what s going on. | someone new/different etc: We ll make …
8someone */*/*/ — UK [ˈsʌmwʌn] / US pronoun used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is I can t find my calculator – someone must have taken it. They need someone like you, someone who understands business methods. someone… …
9someone — [[t]sʌ̱mwʌn[/t]] ♦♦ (The form somebody is also used.) 1) PRON INDEF You use someone or somebody to refer to a person without saying exactly who you mean. Her father was shot by someone trying to rob his small retail store... I need someone to… …
10someone — These are interchangeable indefinite terms of address, used by a speaker who wishes one of the persons to whom he is speaking to identify himself with it. Examples will make that statement clearer. In Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, by… …
11someone*/*/*/ — [ˈsʌmwʌn] pronoun used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is I can t find my calculator – someone must have taken it.[/ex] I ve invited someone special that I want you to meet.[/ex] His wife told him she… …
12someone — 1. pronoun /ˈsʌmwʌn/ some person. Is someone there? Syn: anybody, anyone, somebody 2. noun /ˈsʌmwʌn/ A partially specified but unnamed person …
13someone's — adjective The possessive adjective for someone …
14someone — See somebody, someone …
15someone — somebody, someone 1. Both words have been in use since the early 14c and are largely interchangeable. Some one occurs as two separate words less often than any one (see any 4), but uses of the type Some one thousand eggs have been collected (in… …
16someone — Kahi, kekahi. ♦ Someone else, ha i …
17someone — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody …
18someone — /sum wun , weuhn/, pron. some person; somebody. [1275 1325; ME; see SOME, ONE] * * * …
19someone — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, homo, human, human being, individual, joker, life, living soul, man, mortal, nose, one, party,… …
20someone — see somebody * * * [ sʌmwʌn] see somebody …
