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Single Person Pronoun Means Member Group Set Shut

word nobody
definition
pronoun
Nobody means not a single person, or not a single member of a particular group or set.
They were shut away in a little room where nobody could overhear.
Nobody realizes how bad things are.
Nobody ever spoke to me at press conferences.
Nobody else in the neighbourhood can help.
noun
If someone says that a person is a nobody, they are saying in an unkind way that the person is not at all important .
A man in my position has nothing to fear from a nobody like you.
inflections nobodies
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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