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- (US) IPA (key): /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ or /ˈnoʊ.bɑ.di/
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈnəʊ.bə.di/ or /ˈnəʊ.bɒ.di/
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Determiner[change]
Determiner
nobody
- (definite) Nobody means «no person».
- Nobody would do something like that.
- Almost nobody lives on Greenland.
Noun[change]
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- A nobody is a person who is not important.
- Bob called Alice a nobody.
- Don’t worry. People won’t listen to him. He’s a nobody.
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- никто
(1). Русскому никто соответствуют английские nobody, none, no one. Никто, относящееся к неопределенному (точно не известному) числу лиц, соответствует nobody; никто, относящееся к одному, отдельно взятому лицу в группе, обычно состоящей из более чем двух, соответствует none, no one:
Nobody can do it — Никому это не по силам.
None of us could answer the question — Ни один из нас (никто) не мог ответить на этот вопрос.
(2). See anybody, , .
English-Russian word troubles.
2014.
Смотреть что такое «nobody» в других словарях:
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Nobody — may refer to: Nobodies, a race of beings in the Kingdom Hearts video game series nobody (username), the name of a Unix account which has no particular privileges Nobody, a radio drama by Daniel Brocklehurst Nobody, a character in the Teenage… … Wikipedia
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Nobody (EP) — Nobody EP EP by Cartman Released March 27, 2000 R … Wikipedia
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Nobody — No bod*y, n.; pl. {Nobodies}. [No, a. + body.] 1. No person; no one; not anybody. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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nobody — index nonentity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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Nobody — Nobody,der:⇨Niemand … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
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nobody — (n.) mid 14c., no body no person noone, from M.E. NO (Cf. no) (adj.) not any + bodi (see BODY (Cf. body) (n.)). Written as two words 14c. 18c.; hyphenated 17c. 18c. Incorrect use with their is attested from 1540s. Meaning person of no importance… … Etymology dictionary
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nobody — nobody, no one Like anybody and anyone, these are largely interchangeable, but no one is written as two words because noone would be too awkward. In a use such as No one person was responsible, no and one retain their separate meanings instead of … Modern English usage
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nobody — / nonentity [n] person of little importance cipher, insignificancy, lightweight*, menial, nix*, nothing, parvenu*, small potato*, squirt*, upstart, wimp*, zero*, zip; concept 423 Ant. somebody … New thesaurus
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nobody — ► PRONOUN ▪ no person; no one. ► NOUN (pl. nobodies) ▪ a person of no importance or authority … English terms dictionary
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nobody — [nō′bäd΄ē, nō′bud΄ē, nō′bə dē] pron. not any person; not anybody; no one n. pl. nobodies a person of no influence, authority, or importance … English World dictionary
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nobody — no|bod|y1 W2S1 [ˈnəubədi US ˈnouba:di, bədi] pron 1.) no one ▪ I knocked on the door but nobody answered. 2.) like nobody s business very much, very well, or very fast ▪ We get along like nobody s business. →be nobody s fool at ↑fool1 (5) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ … Dictionary of contemporary English
Other forms: nobodies
Use the word nobody to mean «no one,» or for someone who’s completely unimportant or insignificant. It’s not nice to call someone a nobody; everyone wants to be a somebody.
If nobody is at home, you can ring the doorbell for an hour and get no response, and if nobody in your family likes pizza, there’s no reason to order it for dinner. Since nobody means «no person,» it’s come to also have the meaning «insignificant person.» It’s hard not to feel like a nobody when your sister becomes famous after starring in a popular movie.
Definitions of nobody
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noun
a person of no influence
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I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.
Lynn Barber
PRONUNCIATION OF NOBODY
GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOBODY
Nobody can act as a noun and a pronoun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.
The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.
WHAT DOES NOBODY MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Nobody
Nobody may refer to: ▪ Nobodies, a race of beings in the Kingdom Hearts video game series ▪ nobody, the name of a Unix account which has no particular privileges ▪ Nobody, a radio drama by Daniel Brocklehurst ▪ Nobody, a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series…
Definition of nobody in the English dictionary
The definition of nobody in the dictionary is no person; no-one. Other definition of nobody is an insignificant person.
WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOBODY
Synonyms and antonyms of nobody in the English dictionary of synonyms
SYNONYMS OF «NOBODY»
The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nobody» and belong to the same grammatical category.
Translation of «nobody» into 25 languages
TRANSLATION OF NOBODY
Find out the translation of nobody to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nobody from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nobody» in English.
Translator English — Chinese
谁也不
1,325 millions of speakers
Translator English — Spanish
nadie
570 millions of speakers
English
nobody
510 millions of speakers
Translator English — Hindi
कोई नहीं
380 millions of speakers
Translator English — Arabic
لَا أَحَدَ
280 millions of speakers
Translator English — Russian
никто
278 millions of speakers
Translator English — Portuguese
ninguém
270 millions of speakers
Translator English — Bengali
কেউ কিছু
260 millions of speakers
Translator English — French
personne
220 millions of speakers
Translator English — Malay
Tiada siapa
190 millions of speakers
Translator English — German
keiner
180 millions of speakers
Translator English — Japanese
誰も・・・ない
130 millions of speakers
Translator English — Korean
아무도 … 않다
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Javanese
Ora ana
85 millions of speakers
Translator English — Vietnamese
không ai
80 millions of speakers
Translator English — Tamil
யாரும்
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Marathi
कोणीही नाही
75 millions of speakers
Translator English — Turkish
kimse
70 millions of speakers
Translator English — Italian
nessuno
65 millions of speakers
Translator English — Polish
nikt
50 millions of speakers
Translator English — Ukrainian
ніхто
40 millions of speakers
Translator English — Romanian
nimeni
30 millions of speakers
Translator English — Greek
κανένας
15 millions of speakers
Translator English — Afrikaans
niemand
14 millions of speakers
Translator English — Swedish
inte någon
10 millions of speakers
Translator English — Norwegian
ingen
5 millions of speakers
Trends of use of nobody
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOBODY»
The term «nobody» is very widely used and occupies the 5.486 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of nobody
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOBODY» OVER TIME
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nobody
10 QUOTES WITH «NOBODY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word nobody.
People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won’t cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
It’s great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you’re all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It’s quite liberating in a way.
I have freedom. But freedom means total selfishness. It means nobody cares much what you do.
Nobody ever thinks a song is about them. Well, not when it’s mean. When it’s a good song everybody thinks it’s about them. And when it’s mean, nobody thinks it’s about them.
I played in school jazz bands and tried to start rock bands, but nobody was interested.
I’ve made some movies that I really loved that nobody saw.
Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I’ve done that nobody can ever say I sold out.
Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It’s about being there at big moments, but it’s also just the consistency of decision making. And it’s routine.
I can act normally, and I can go out, but people around you don’t act normally. If it was normal, I’d go out and have my dinner and nobody would be video-phoning me eating my dinner.
You won’t talk to anybody who breaks lyrics down more thoroughly. It’s just a complete deconstruction, and when you start to rebuild, nobody has the capacity to do it like me. Which is not to say I’m better, it’s just that there’s a unique quality to everyone.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOBODY»
Discover the use of nobody in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nobody and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
That’s why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, 2013
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The Girl Nobody Wants: A Shocking True Story of Child Abuse …
Her emotional pain is as strong today as it was the day it began and will never leave her alone.“When I go to sleep it’s in my head and when I wake up I can see it in the mirror and I am only waiting to die.” A child abuse story that …
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Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity
Nobody Passes is a collection of essays that confronts and challenges the very notion of belonging.
Matt Bernstein Sycamore, 2010
It is told from two viewpoints — that of Helen as she writes her thoughts in a series of letters to the unborn baby, the Dear Nobody of the title, and of Chris as he reads the letters and relives events as Helen is in labour.
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Goodnight Nobody: A Novel
Having relocated to an alienating Connecticut suburb after a mugging in her native New York City, wife and mother Kate Klein undertakes a murder investigation during her children’s school hours when a local mom is killed.
George’s imaginary friend Nobody convinces George to wake up early one morning and cook a feast for his family, making a mess and getting into trouble in the process.
Soon Newt assumes the role of a hero in a string of exploits that include foiling a robbery and saving a planeload of passengers. But will Captain Nobody be able to save the one person he cares about most?
Eight brief episodes show that even best friends and sunny days can have shortcomings.
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If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
This novel owes as much to poetry as it does to prose.
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The Family Nobody Wanted
The remarkable and inspiring true story of a couple who adopted twelve children, ten of them considered «unadoptable» because of mixed racial parentage.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOBODY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nobody is used in the context of the following news items.
Kerry Says ‘Nobody Has Ever Talked About Dismantling’ Iran’s …
Nobody has ever talked about actually dismantling their entire program, because when that was being talked about, that’s when they went from … «Washington Free Beacon, Jul 15»
Doc’s TML: Nobody competes like Leake, Cueto
I’m starting to feel like Jimmy Carter in the cardigan. (Slight OG reference, kids. Look it up.) «Jimma» told us we were going to have to live with … «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
The Amiga turns 30—“Nobody had ever designed a personal …
The Amiga turns 30—“Nobody had ever designed a personal computer this way”. Our epic, eight-part series on the history of the Amiga. «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
Nobody hurt when bull roams Texas State University campus
Nobody was hurt Wednesday when the bull was seen roaming the grounds of the school in San Marcos. TSU issued a «loose livestock» … «KSL.com, Jul 15»
Hillary Clinton thought ‘nobody will vote for me’ when Bill urged her …
‘I’m too aggressive, and nobody will ever vote for me.’ ‘TOO AGGRESSIVE’? Hillary DOubted her ability to win elections becasue she thought … «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Just What Nobody Wanted: Ed Sheeran Joins Nicki Minaj-Taylor …
Ed, Ed, Ed. I know you and Taylor Swift are friends, I know you love going on her friend dates with her and Calvin, and I know you will probably … «Jezebel, Jul 15»
Women in Nepal Face Abuse, but the Real Problem Is Nobody …
The country’s health care workers are rarely trained to identify victims of abuse and provide support—and that needs to change now, one … «TakePart, Jul 15»
De La Soul Releases Updates On Their “And The Anonymous …
Possibly, some of the album reportedly titled And The Anonymous Nobody is playing in the background, though no rapping can be heard. «Ambrosia For Heads, Jul 15»
Job nobody wanted has banana skins aplenty
This is the walking on eggshells job. Some might even describe it as the poisoned chalice. Ads by Google. The post of Victims’ Commissioner … «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
Red Bulls lose in front of nobody to someday win in front of everybody
Precisely how the New York Red Bulls came to play one of the most significant soccer games in recent franchise history in front of virtually … «Capital New York, Jul 15»
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pronoun
no person; not anyone; no one: Nobody answered, so I hung up.
noun, plural no·bod·ies.
a person of no importance, influence, or power.
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Origin of nobody
First recorded 1300–50; Middle English; see origin at no2, body
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH nobody
nobody , no one, none1
Words nearby nobody
noblesse, noblesse oblige, Noblesville, noblewoman, nobly, nobody, nobody home, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen”, nobody’s fool, no-brainer, Nobunaga
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Words related to nobody
nothing, cipher, lightweight, menial, nix, nonentity, nullity, parvenu, squirt, upstart, wimp, zero, zilch, zip, insignificancy
How to use nobody in a sentence
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There was nobody that I read who was like, “This is just… whatever.”
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Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
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If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
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Unlike the characters he plays, men who came from nowhere and, as he himself puts it, “go home to nobody.”
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Nobody terrified audiences with a smile as well as Lee Marvin.
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He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.
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When you engaged yourself to the young woman you were poor and a nobody, and the step was perhaps excusable.
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Nobody else wanted Hugh Egerton’s society, and he began to believe that this girl sincerely did want it.
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And since nobody answered, Jolly Robin seemed to think he had silenced Mrs. Robin—for once.
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Please understand that nobody here had the least intention of playing a trick upon you!
British Dictionary definitions for nobody
pronoun
noun plural -bodies
undefined nobody
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with nobody
In addition to the idioms beginning with nobody
- nobody home
also see:
- like crazy (nobody’s business)
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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