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A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
Liberty Hyde Bailey

Meaning of "someone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMEONE

someone  [ˈsʌmˌwʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMEONE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Someone is a pronoun.
The pronoun is a word that replaces other terms that designate people or things at any given moment.

WHAT DOES SOMEONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Someone

"Someone" is a song written by Steve Dorff, Charlie Black and Austin Roberts, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in 1987 as the first single from the album If There's Any Justice. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Definition of someone in the English dictionary

The definition of someone in the dictionary is some person; somebody.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMEONE


A-one
ˈeɪˈwʌn
A1
ˈeɪˈwʌn
all-in-one
ˌɔːlɪnˈwʌn
anyone
ˈɛnɪˌwʌn
everyone
ˈɛvrɪˌwʌn
hard-won
ˌhɑːdˈwʌn
ISO-8859-1
ˈaɪɛsəʊˌeɪteɪtˌfaɪvnaɪnˌwʌn
one
wʌn
one-one
ˈwʌnˈwʌn
sixty-one
ˌsɪkstɪˈwʌn
won
wʌn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMEONE

some
some day
somebodies
somebody
someday
somedeal
somegate
somehow
somehow or other
someone´s name is mud
someplace
somersault
Somerset
Somerset House
Somerville
somesthesia
somesthesis
somesthetic
something
something else

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMEONE

come back to someone
dance attendance on someone
do a number on someone
get no change out of someone
get the measure of someone
give it up for someone
give place to someone
hand it to someone
have the drop on someone
I wouldn´t doubt someone
knock the stuffing out of someone
leone
make love to someone
not put it past someone
pass the time of day with someone
put the bite on someone
stand to someone
the price of someone
turn the tables on someone
wipe the floor with someone
woe betide someone

Synonyms and antonyms of someone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SOMEONE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «someone» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of someone

Translation of «someone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMEONE

Find out the translation of someone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of someone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «someone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

某人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alguien
570 millions of speakers

English

someone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَخْصٌ مَا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кто-то
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alguém
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেউ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quelqu’un
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jemand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誰か
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

누군가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nào đó
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யாரோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोणीतरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

birisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

qualcuno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ktoś
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хтось
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cineva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάποιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

iemand
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

någon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

noen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of someone

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMEONE»

The term «someone» is very widely used and occupies the 1.564 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of someone
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMEONE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «someone» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «someone» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about someone

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10 QUOTES WITH «SOMEONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word someone.
1
Bella Abzug
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.
2
Liberty Hyde Bailey
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
3
Keith Barry
If someone is lying to you, they'll generally look up to the top right. That means that they're trying to construct an image that doesn't exist.
4
Leslie Bibb
I've had some styles that make me wonder what the hell I was thinking. How did I let someone do that to me?
5
Jo Brand
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.
6
Paget Brewster
I know how to fake someone out, if they break into my house, into thinking there are other people there.
7
Anita Brookner
Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.
8
Julia Cameron
Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.
9
Shawn Colvin
I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music.
10
Daniel Craig
As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMEONE»

Discover the use of someone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to someone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Someone I Love Died
Discusses death from a Christian perspective, explaining God's plan for everlasting life.
Christine Harder Tangvald, 1988
2
Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to ...
A guide for people in relationships with someone who has borderline personality disorder, helping to understand BPD emotions and how to respond to them.
Shari Y. Manning, 2011
3
Someone Named Eva
In 1942, blonde and blue-eyed Milada is taken from her home in Czechoslovakia to a school in Poland to be trained as "a proper German" for adoption by a German family, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.
Joan M. Wolf, 2009
4
You Can Teach Someone to Read: A How-to Book for Friends, ...
The book's 6 units include easy to follow lesson plans, tips on how to teach the way students learn best, series of unique yarns to make phonics memorable, appendices of sounds, rules and words.
Lorraine Peoples, 2000
5
Someone to Love Me
When Cindy Gibson starts dating Bobby Wallace, he appears to be everything that Cindy is looking for, until he starts behaving strangely and Cindy finds herself in the worst trouble of her life.
Anne E. Schraff, 2007
6
When Someone You Love is Depressed
Shows family and friends of those suffering from depression how to understand their own reactions and feelings and how to avoid damaging a relationship
Laura Rosen, 1996
7
Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with ...
Turn to this guide to help you: Predict what your spouse may do or say in court Take control of your case with assertiveness and strategic thinking Choose a lawyer who understands your case Learn how e-mails and social networking can be ...
Randi Kreger, Bill Eddy, 2011
8
Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT, a Novel
Set in IIT, in the early '90s, Five Point Someone portrays the lives of the protagonist Hari and his two friends Ryan and Alok.
Chetan Bhagat, 2004
9
When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for ...
Discusses home care versus a treatment facility, financial assistance, selecting a physician, handling stress, balancing family needs, and other issues
Rebecca Woolis, 1992
10
Loving Someone with Asperger's Syndrome: Understanding and ...
This book will teach you how to: • Understand the effect of Asperger’s syndrome on your partner • Practice effective communication skills • Constructively work through frustrations and fights • Establish relationship ground rules ...
Cindy Ariel, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOMEONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term someone is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Presenting Mr. and Mrs. Someone Famous: Mike Fisher Hilariously …
Carrie Underwood's hockey player-husband Mike Fisher might not mind being referred to as Mr. Carrie Underwood in some circles ... but Mr. Someone Famous ... «People Magazine, Jun 15»
2
Will Power on IndyCar pack racing: 'Someone is going to die'
Someone is going to die. This is the Las Vegas situation all over again, but 500 miles,” Power told USA TODAY Sports. “Someone or multiple people need to ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
3
How to Tell Someone They're Being Laid Off
If not, enlist someone from HR. As you practice what you plan to say, role-play how the employee may react. “During the trial run, anticipate worst-case scenarios ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jun 15»
4
Why You Should Date Someone You Admire, Not Just Someone
This is one of the most difficult questions one must come to answer. Because love is a subjective experience, it varies greatly between individuals. It's a sort of ... «Elite Daily, Jun 15»
5
Binder app claims to take the pain out of breaking up with someone
For someone on the receiving end of the message, they may receive something along the lines of: 'Yeah you're getting dumped. Your boyfriend, em, yeah. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
Your Dog Can Tell if Someone Is Mean to You
(Newser) – Your dog really may be your best friend, according to a new study out of Japan that highlights just how far canine loyalty can go. In a study to be ... «Newser, Jun 15»
7
We're All Just Looking For Someone As F*cked Up As We Are
We say we're looking for someone perfect for us. Someone who really has his or her sh*t together, is a go-getter and an awesome lover. We say we want this ... «Elite Daily, Jun 15»
8
Elizabeth Wurtzel Finds Someone to Love Her
The author Elizabeth Wurtzel was never on the short list for bride. She has stated as much in her inflammatory writings for decades, and has even written that ... «New York Times, May 15»
9
Do NOT Marry Someone Until You Can Honestly Answer These 20 Qs
The idea of sharing a life together is not to find someone to complete you or make you happy. But let's face it: being unhappy at home can seep into other areas ... «YourTango, May 15»
10
Stream: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin's new album The …
The High Country is the new album from Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. But it's not any ol' full-length — for the 16-year indie pop vets, it's the record ... «Consequence of Sound, May 15»

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