/ˈsʌmwʌn/
Translation
A person you do not name, or whose name you do not know.
Word origin
From Middle English some one, two words that grew together in the same way as something.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- some one
- English cognates
- some, one
Examples
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"Someone" is a person you cannot name yet.
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Any person will do here.
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The speaker knows a person is there but not who it is.
Used in
Stories
(5)Grammar articles
(17)British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gradable and ungradable adjectives: why very furious sounds wrong, and which intensifier goes where
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns in English: myself, yourself, each other, and when English does not bother
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
English tenses explained: all 12 with a master table
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
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