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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:
Noun 1. nobody - a person of no influence
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:
noun
A totally insignificant person:
Informal: pip-squeak, zero.
Slang: shrimp, zilch.
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Translations
لَا أَحَدَ لا أحد، ولا شَخْصنَكِرَه، شَخْص لا يَعْرِفُه أحَد
nikdonula
ingennulikke nogen
neniu
ei kukaan
personne moins que rienmoins-que-rien
nitko
senkisenkiházi
enginnlítilvæg/ómerkileg persóna
誰も・・・ない
아무도 ... 않다
nemo
nimeni
úplná nula
nihče
ingeninte någon
ไม่มีใคร
hiç kimse kimse önemsiz kimsebir hiç
không ai

nobody

[ˈnəʊbədɪ]
A. PRONnadie
nobody spokenadie habló, no habló nadie
nobody has more right to it than she hasnadie tiene más derecho a ello que ella
B. N a mere nobodyun don nadie
I knew him when he was nobodylo conocí cuando no era nadie
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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 nbonus m
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nobody

pronniemand, keiner; who saw him? — nobodywer hat ihn gesehen? — niemand ; nobody knows better than Iniemand or keiner weiß besser als ich; there was nobody elseda war niemand anderes or sonst niemand ; nobody else could have done ites kann niemand anders or kein anderer gewesen sein; nobody else but you can do itnur du kannst das, außer dir kann das niemand ; nobody else offered to give them moneysonst hat sich keiner or niemand angeboten, ihnen Geld zu geben ; like nobody’s businesswie nichts; he’s nobody’s fooler ist nicht auf den Kopf gefallen
nNiemand m no pl, → Nichts nt no pl; he’s a mere nobodyer ist überhaupt nichts, er ist doch ein Niemand or Nichts; to marry a nobodyjdn heiraten, der nichts ist und nichts hat; they are nobodiessie sind doch niemand ; I worked with him when he was (a) nobodyich habe mit ihm gearbeitet, als er noch ein Niemand war
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nobody

[ˈnəʊbdɪ]
1. pronnessuno
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 nobodyè una nullità
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no

(nəu) adjective
1. not any. We have no food; No other person could have done it. niemand لا، أي никакъв nenhum žádný kein ingen καθόλου, κανένας ninguno mitte sugugi, mitte ükski هیچ ei yhtään pas de, aucun אין कुछ नहीं jedva koji, ništa semmi tidak ada enginn nessuno, non ない 조금의 ...도 없는 joks, nė vienas nekāds; neviens tiada geen ingen, ikke noe żaden هيڅ nenhum nici un, nici o нет žiadny noben nimalo ingen, inte någon ไม่ yok 沒有 ніякий کوئي نہيں không chút nào 没有
2. not allowed. No smoking. geen غَيْر مَسْموح، مَمْنوع забрана proibido zákaz (čeho) verboten forbudt που απαγορεύεται prohibido keelatud ممنوع kielletty défense de אסור नहीं अनुमत glas protiv, nedopušteno tilos dilarang bannaður divieto di 禁止 허용되지 않는 draudžiama, negalima (izsaka aizliegumu) tidak dibenarkan niet ikke tillatt wzbronione د اجازى نشتوالى proibido interzis нельзя; не zákaz (čoho) prepovedan zabranjeno förbjuden ห้าม ...-mek yasaktır, yapılmaz/edilmez/olmaz 禁止 не کي اجازت نہيں، منع ہے không được phép 不许
3. not a. He is no friend of mine; This will be no easy task. geen لَيْس، لَن يكون не ми/няма да е nenhum žádný, nijak kein ingen; ikke nogen δεν είναι ningún mitte mingi نیست ei ole ne pas, aucun לא कोई भी नहीं, एक भी नहीं nimalo nem ... bukan enginn, ekki non 〜どころでない 하나의 ...도 않은 joks, ne toks jau nekāds bukan sesuatu geen ingen, ikke noe żaden ندى،مثال هغه زما دوست ندى nenhum nu не žiadny, nijaký noben nije ingen, inte någon ไม่มี hiç...değil 並非 не نہيں không 决非
adverb
not (any). He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further. nie ليسَ не е não ne nicht ikke καθόλου no mitte (sugugi) ابدا ei pas, non לא, לאו बिलकुल नहीं, तनिक भी नहीं nimalo nem ... tidak ekkert; engu non 〜でない 조금도 ...않다 ne, nė kiek ne ne; ne [] kā tidak niet ikke nie په هيڅ صورت não nu не; нисколько не nie nič ne inte ไม่ hiç de daha...değil, yok 並不 ніскільки не, анітрохи не نہيں không 并不
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.' nee لا!: كَلِمَة للتَّعبير عَن عَدَم المُوافَقَه Не não ne nein nej όχι no ei خیر ei non לא नहीं ne nem tidak nei no いいえ 아니, 맙소사 ne tidak nee nei nie نه منفى ځواب não nu нет nie ne ne nej ไม่ hayır (用以表示否定的回答)不 ні حرف نفي lời từ chối (用以表示否定的回答)不
noun plural
noes .
1. a refusal. She answered with a definite no. weiering отказ não پاسخ منفی ei סירוב नकार odbijanje, ne tidak 부인, 거부 tidak nee منفى ځواب ne การปฏิเสธ 拒絕 заперечення; відмова انکار sự từ chối 拒绝,否定
2. a vote against something. The noes have won. nee глас против não منفی ei התנגדות विरोधी मतदाता glas protiv tidak 반대 투표 kumpulan yang membangkang neenstemmers منفى glasovi protiv การลงคะแนนคัดค้าน 反對票 виборці, що голосують проти خلاف پڑنے والے ووٹ bỏ phiếu chống 反对票
ˈnobody pronoun
no person; no-one. Nobody likes him. niemand لا أحد، ولا شَخْص никой ninguém nikdo niemand ingen; ikke nogen κανένας nadie mitte keegi هیچ کس ei kukaan personne אף אחד कोई नहीं nitko senki tak seorang pun enginn nessuno 誰も〜ない 아무도 niekas neviens tiada siapa niemand ingen, ikke et menneske nikt هيڅ څوك ninguém nimeni никто nikto nihče niko ingen ไม่มีใคร kimse, hiç kimse 沒人,無人,誰也不 ніхто کوئي بھي نہيں không ai 没有人,无人,谁也不
noun
a very unimportant person. She's just a nobody. niemand نَكِرَه، شَخْص لا يَعْرِفُه أحَد нищожество zé-ninguém nula der Niemand nul ένα τίποτα, ασήμαντο πρόσωπο don nadie eikeegi هیچکس nolla moins que rien לא חָשוּב कोई नहीं nitko bitan senkiházi orang tidak penting lítilvæg/ómerkileg persóna (persona di nessuno conto) つまらない人 하찮은 사람 niekas, visiškas nulis neievērojams cilvēks, nulle tidak penting nul null, ubetydelighet nikt, zero هيڅ څوك zé-ninguém nimeni ничтожество, пустое место úplná nula niče nikogović nolla คนธรรมดา bir hiç, önemsiz kimse 小人物 нікчема; "пусте місце" غير اہم شخص người tầm thường 小人物
ˈno-one pronoun
no person; nobody. She will see no-one; No-one is to blame. niemand لا أحَد، ولا واحِد никой ninguém nikdo keiner ingen κανένας nadie mitte keegi هیچکس ei kukaan personne אף אחד कोई नहीं nitko senki tak seorang pun nessuno 誰も〜ない 아무도 niekas neviens tiada sesiapa niemand ingen nikt هيڅ څوك ninguém nimeni никто nikto nihče niko ingen, inte någon ไม่มีใคร kimse, hiç kimse 沒人,無人,誰也不 ніхто کوئي نہيں không ai cả 没人,没有一个
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. onmoontlik مُسْتَحيل مَعْرِفَة أو قَوْل един Господ знае não há como dizer/saber není možné es läßt sich nicht segen, ... det er umuligt at sige/vide είναι αδύνατο να πει ή να ξέρει κπ. κτλ.) no se puede saber, es imposible saber on võimatu öelda / teada هیچ on mahdotonta sanoa impossible de... אֵין לַדָעָת nemati nem lehet (tudni stb.) tidak mungkin ómögulegt (að vita/segja) (non c'è modo di) 分らない 말 해 봐야 소용없다 negalima, neįmanoma pasakyti, žinoti ir pan. nevar noliegt/zināt u.tml. mustahil untuk dikatakan geen det er umulig å si/vite nie sposób (po)wiedzieć itd. هيڅ não há maneira de dizer/saber e imposibil de spus/de ştiut невозможно сказать, знать и т.п. nedá sa povedať / vedieť nemogoče je reči... nemoguće je reći det går inte att säga, det kan man inte veta ไม่สามารถพูด; รู้ได้ bilmek olanaksız, kimse bilemez 不得而知 неможливо сказати, знати ايسا ممکن نہيں không thể 很难说,难以断言
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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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But, after the resolution he had made, of course he could have no such merits as these; and such a state of mind was nobody's--nobody's.
"Nobody loves a mil-yun-aire, Nobody likes his looks, Nobody'll share his slightest care, He classes with thugs and crooks."
It was hard work, even for Anne, for nobody seemed at ease except old Mrs.
She sits, as I am informed, perfectly silent, and perfectly unconscious of what goes on about her, for hours together, with a letter in her hand which she will allow nobody to take from her.
I felt lonely after losing my companion, and I met nobody to take his place.
The Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them.
"There was nobody there, for I stood just outside the shop at the corner, and could see down both streets at once.
Nobody but yourself could imagine such a thing possible.
"Pray do, my dear Miss Lucas," she added in a melancholy tone, "for nobody is on my side, nobody takes part with me.
As the single gentleman after some weeks' occupation of his lodgings, still declined to correspond, by word or gesture, either with Mr Brass or his sister Sally, but invariably chose Richard Swiveller as his channel of communication; and as he proved himself in all respects a highly desirable inmate, paying for everything beforehand, giving very little trouble, making no noise, and keeping early hours; Mr Richard imperceptibly rose to an important position in the family, as one who had influence over this mysterious lodger, and could negotiate with him, for good or evil, when nobody else durst approach his person.
He said dey ain't nobody kin save his own self-- can't do it by faith, can't do it by works, can't do it no way at all.
Nobody thought of her, nobody wanted her, and strange things happened of which she knew nothing.

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