anybody

pron
/ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/UK/ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di//ˈɛn.i.bə.di/US

Etymology

From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body, equivalent to any + body.

Definitions

  1. Any one out of an indefinite number of persons

    Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

    • Anybody will do.
    • Is there anybody inside?
  2. A person of some consideration or standing.

    • Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.
    • Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for anybody. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA