someone
1someone — (n.) c.1300, sum on; from SOME (Cf. some) + ONE (Cf. one). Someone else romantic rival is from 1914 …
2someone — index character (an individual), person Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3someone — ► PRONOUN 1) an unknown or unspecified person. 2) a person of importance or authority …
4someone — [sum′wun΄, sum′wən] pron. a person unknown or not named; some person; somebody …
5someone — some|one1 W1S1 [ˈsʌmwʌn] pron used to mean a person, when you do not know, or do not say, who the person is = ↑somebody →↑anyone, everyone ↑everyone, no one ↑no one ▪ What would you do if someone tried to rob you in the street? ▪ Will someone… …
6someone — some|one [ sʌmwʌn ] pronoun *** used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is: I can t find my calculator someone must have taken it. They need someone like you, someone who understands business methods.… …
7someone — 1 / sVmwVn/ pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not know, or do not say, who the person is: What would you do if someone tried to rob you in the street? | Will someone please explain what s going on. | someone new/different etc: We ll make …
8someone */*/*/ — UK [ˈsʌmwʌn] / US pronoun used for referring to a person when you do not know or do not say who the person is I can t find my calculator – someone must have taken it. They need someone like you, someone who understands business methods. someone… …
9someone — [[t]sʌ̱mwʌn[/t]] ♦♦ (The form somebody is also used.) 1) PRON INDEF You use someone or somebody to refer to a person without saying exactly who you mean. Her father was shot by someone trying to rob his small retail store... I need someone to… …
10someone — These are interchangeable indefinite terms of address, used by a speaker who wishes one of the persons to whom he is speaking to identify himself with it. Examples will make that statement clearer. In Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, by… …
