Nobody Meaning
/ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronNot any person; the logical negation of somebody.
nounA person dismissed as unimportant.
Sentence Examples
What if you gave a speech and nobody came?
What's everybody's business is nobody's business.
Nobody expected the quiet team to win the national tournament easily.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I looked everywhere for help, but ____ was available to assist me.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
When I arrived at the office, there was ____ there to answer the phone.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“‘The nobody you once thought me!’ I repeated, and my face grew a little hot; but I would not be angry: of what importance was a school-girl’s crude use of the terms nobody and somebody?”"
— 1835, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XXVII, in Villette:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I looked everywhere for help, but ____ was available to assist me.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
When I arrived at the office, there was ____ there to answer the phone.