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nobody

no person: Nobody left the house during the storm. Nobody is home.
Not to be confused with:
no body – no group: There is no body of literature on the topic.; no deceased person: We believed he was dead but no body was ever found
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no·bod·y

 (nō′bŏd′ē, -bŭd′ē, -bə-dē)
pron.
No person; not anyone: Nobody told you to go.
n. pl. no·bod·ies
A person of no importance or influence.
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nobody

(ˈnəʊbədɪ)
pron
no person; no-one
n, pl -bodies
an insignificant person
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no•bod•y

(ˈnoʊˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə di)

pron., n., pl. -bod•ies. pron.
1. no person; not anyone; no one.
n.
2. a person of no importance, influence, or power.
[1300–50]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.nobody - a person of no influence
nonentity, cypher, cipher
common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title
pip-squeak, small fry, squirt - someone who is small and insignificant
jackanapes, whippersnapper, lightweight - someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
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nobody

pronoun
1. no-one They were shut away in a little room where nobody could overhear
noun
1. nonentity, nothing (informal), lightweight (informal), non-person, zero, cipher A man in my position has nothing to fear from a nobody like you.
nonentity star, celebrity, superstar, big name, celeb (informal), big shot (slang), personage, megastar (informal), big noise (informal), V.I.P.
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nobody

pronoun
No person:
none, no one.
noun
A totally insignificant person:
cipher, nebbish, nonentity, nothing.
Informal: pip-squeak, zero.
Slang: shrimp, zilch.
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Translations
لَا أَحَدَلا أحد، ولا شَخْصنَكِرَه، شَخْص لا يَعْرِفُه أحَد
nikdonula
ingennulikke nogen
neniu
ei kukaan
personnemoins que rienmoins-que-rien
nitko
senkisenkiházi
enginnlítilvæg/ómerkileg persóna
誰も･･･ない
아무도 ... 않다
nemo
nimeni
úplná nula
nihče
ingeninte någon
ไม่มีใคร
hiç kimsekimseönemsiz kimsebir hiç
không ai

nobody

[ˈnəʊbədɪ]
A. PRON → nadie
nobody spoke → nadie habló, no habló nadie
nobody has more right to it than she has → nadie tiene más derecho a ello que ella
B. N a mere nobody → un don nadie
I knew him when he was nobody → lo conocí cuando no era nadie
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nobody

[ˈnəʊbədi]
pron
(used without a verb) → personne
Who's going with you? - Nobody → Qui t'accompagne? - Personne.
(used with a verb) → personne used with "ne"
There was nobody in the office → Il n'y avait personne au bureau.
Nobody likes him → Personne ne l'aime.
n (= nonentity) → moins mf que rien
He's a nobody → C'est un moins que rien.no-claims bonus n → bonus m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nobody

pron → niemand, keiner; who saw him? — nobody → wer hat ihn gesehen? — niemand; nobody knows better than I → niemand or keiner weiß besser als ich; there was nobody else → da war niemand anderes or sonst niemand; nobody else could have done it → es kann niemand anders or kein anderer gewesen sein; nobody else but you can do it → nur du kannst das, außer dir kann das niemand; nobody else offered to give them money → sonst hat sich keiner or niemand angeboten, ihnen Geld zu geben; like nobody’s business → wie nichts; he’s nobody’s fool → er ist nicht auf den Kopf gefallen
n → Niemand m no pl, → Nichts nt no pl; he’s a mere nobody → er ist überhaupt nichts, er ist doch ein Niemand or Nichts; to marry a nobody → jdn heiraten, der nichts ist und nichts hat; they are nobodies → sie sind doch niemand; I worked with him when he was (a) nobody → ich habe mit ihm gearbeitet, als er noch ein Niemand war
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nobody

[ˈnəʊb/ədɪ]
1. pron → nessuno
I saw nobody → non ho visto nessuno
nobody spoke → nessuno ha parlato, non ha parlato nessuno
nobody else → nessun altro/nessun'altra
2. n he's a nobody → è una nullità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

no

(nəu) adjective
1. not any. We have no food; No other person could have done it.
2. not allowed. No smoking.
3. not a. He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task.
adverb
not (any). He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further.
interjection
a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc. `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.'
noun plural
noes .
1. a refusal. She answered with a definite no.
2. a vote against something. The noes have won.
ˈnobody pronoun
no person; no-one. Nobody likes him.
noun
a very unimportant person. She's just a nobody.
ˈno-one pronoun
no person; nobody. She will see no-one; No-one is to blame.
there's no saying/knowing etc
it is impossible to say, know etc. There's no denying it; There's no knowing what she will say.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

nobody

→ لَا أَحَدَ nikdo ingen keiner κανένας nadie ei kukaan personne nitko nessuno 誰も･･･ない 아무도 ... 않다 niemand ingen nikt ninguém никто inte någon ไม่มีใคร hiç kimse không ai 谁也不
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