NOBODY


Meaning of NOBODY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noʊbɒdi ]

( nobodies)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Nobody means not a single person, or not a single member of a particular group or set.

They were shut away in a little room where nobody could overhear...

Nobody realizes how bad things are...

Nobody else in the neighbourhood can help.

= no one

PRON : usu PRON v

2.

If someone says that a person is a nobody , they are saying in an unkind way that the person is not at all important.

A man in my position has nothing to fear from a nobody like you.

N-COUNT : usu a N in sing [ disapproval ]

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