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anybody

[ en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee ]

pronoun

  1. any person.


noun

plural anybodies.
  1. a person of some importance:

    If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.

anybody

/ ˈɛnɪˌbɒdɪ; -bədɪ /

pronoun

  1. any person; anyone
  2. usually used with a negative or a question a person of any importance

    he isn't anybody in this town

“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

noun

  1. often preceded by just any person at random; no matter who
“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
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Spelling Note

The pronoun anybody is always written as one word: Is anybody home? There isn't anybody in the office. The two-word noun phrase any body means “any group” ( Any body of students will include a few dissidents ) or “any physical body” ( The search continued for a week despite the failure to find any body ). If the word a can be substituted for any without seriously affecting the meaning, the two-word noun phrase is called for: a body of students; failure to find a body. If the substitution cannot be made, the spelling is anybody. Anybody is less formal than anyone. anyone.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of anybody1

First recorded in 1250–1300, anybody is from Middle English ani bodi. See any, body
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. anybody's guess, a matter of conjecture:

    It's anybody's guess why she quit.

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Example Sentences

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“It’s ultimately up to me. So it has nothing to do about anybody else.”

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“If you or I or anybody treated their child in that way, that child would be taken away and placed somewhere safe,” he said.

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"Paris is a tough place to go, but we have always proved that we can compete against anybody and, with all due respect, I think we are going to win the second leg," he said.

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"I'm really worried that anybody could come into the hospital - not for me, but for the patients that are having abortions. I think it's a dangerous situation for them also."

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When asked by the moderator, “Does anybody say: If I had to go back, I would have voted differently?”

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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