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Definition of someone pronoun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

someone

pronoun
 
 
/ˈsʌmwʌn/
 
/ˈsʌmwʌn/
(also somebody)
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  1.  
     a person who is not known or mentioned by name
    • There's someone at the door.
    • Someone's left their bag behind.
    • It's time for someone new (= a new person) to take over.
    • It couldn't have been me—it must have been someone else (= a different person).
    • Should we call a doctor or someone?
    The difference between someone and anyone is the same as the difference between some and any. Look at the notes there.
  2. an important person
    • He was a small-time lawyer keen to be someone.
    3. compare nobody
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