someone

== English == === Alternative forms === some one (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some +‎ one. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌmwʌn/ Rhymes: -ʌmwʌn Hyphenation: some‧one === Pronoun === someone One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity. ==== Usage notes ==== Logically related to anyone, everyone, and no one. Becomes no one via negation. Did anyone help with the clean-up effort? Yes, someone helped yesterday, but no one did today because everyone was too busy. ==== Synonyms ==== anybody, anyone, somebody Some translation dictionaries have used the abbreviation s.o. or so for someone. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === someone (plural someones) A partially specified but unnamed person. year unknown, T A Smallwood, Reflections Of A Murder, Lulu.com →ISBN, page 2 It had never happened, it wasn't that there hadn't been any 'someones', there had actually been numerous 'someones', but not one that had gotten between him and his work. An important person. === Related terms === anybody anyone no one everyone something somebody somewhere === See also === somebody (an important person) === References === “someone”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === neosome, onesome