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nobody

[noh-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee]

pronoun

  1. no person; not anyone; no one.

    Nobody answered, so I hung up.



noun

plural

nobodies 
  1. a person of no importance, influence, or power.

nobody

/ ˈəʊəɪ /

pronoun

  1. no person; no-one

“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. an insignificant person

“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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nobody1

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English; no 2, body
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idioms beginning with nobody, also see like crazy (nobody's business).
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Example Sentences

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“One restaurant, there were a handful of people. The other restaurant, there was literally nobody there.”

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He’s lied to everyone, and nobody truly knows him.

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Everybody smelled the smoke, but prescribed burns are becoming so common in the region, nobody seemed alarmed.

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But he insists there is now "quality control and nobody will build a building without it".

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From senior citizens to children, nobody was safe from the federal enforcement effort.

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