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someone meaning

EN[ˈsʌmwʌn]
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  • NounPLsomeonesSUF-one
    1. A partially specified but unnamed person.
      1. Do you need a gift for that special someone?
  • Pronoun
    1. Some person.
      1. Is someone there?
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • Postcards from Florida might mean someone is rubbing in the fact he or she has been lounging on the white, sandy beaches
      • Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.
      • But here was someone who could have been paid regally for just phoning it in for another year or two willing instead to throw that all away
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Someone adjured the editor to cease posting silly articles.
      • Someone should carjack that pompous jerk and teach him a lesson!
      • Someone will invariably nitpick about any spelling error posted to the forums.
    3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • Don't go racing around corners at full tilt or you'll hit someone.
      • We have gifts for you to give your special someones.
      • That is a serious accusation, so make sure you have plenty of evidence before you point the finger at someone.

Meaning of someone for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "someone" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, a third person pronoun and an indefinite pronoun.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Countable nouns
      • Pronouns
        • Third person pronouns
          • Indefinite pronouns
        Difficultness: Level 1
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        Definiteness: Level 7
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        Definite    ➨     Versatile
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