Meaning of someone | Babel Free

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1. A partially specified but unnamed person.
2. An unspecified or unknown person.
3. An important person.
4. A person of importance: He really thinks he's someone.
5. some person; somebody.
6. Informal. An important, influential person:character, dignitary, eminence, leader, lion, nabob, notability, notable, personage.
7. (American) somewhat; to a certain extent. I think we've progressed some. 'n bietjie إلى حَدٍّ ما، نوعا ما до известна степен até certo ponto trochu, dost etwas noget κάπωςun poco, algo mõnevõrra تا حدي jonkin verran quelqueמעט prilično, znatno némileg sedikit eitthvað; að vissu marki un poco いくらか 어느 정도, 얼마간 kažkiek, šiek tiek nedaudz; zināmā mērā agak enigszinslitt, et stykke på vei, noenieco څه ناڅه até certo ponto ceva, puţin, un pic немного dosť, dačo do neke mere donekle något, en del ค่อ...
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8. someone. iemand شَخْصٌ ما някой alguém někdo jemand en eller anden κάποιοςalguien keegi joku quelqu'unמישהו कोई, बड़ा आदमी netko; važna osoba valaki seseorang einhver qualcuno 誰か 누군가, 어떤 사람 kažkas kāds seseorang iemandnoen, en eller annenktoś څه ناڅه alguém cineva кто-то niekto nekdo neko någon บางคน biri, bir kimse 某人 хтось, хто-небудь کوئی شخص người nào đó 某人
9. (also some day) at an unknown time in the future. We'll manage it someday. eendag في يَوْمٍ ما някой ден algum dia jednou eines Tages en dag; en eller anden dag κάποτε, κάποια μέρα algún día kunagi jonain päivänä un jour יוֹם אֶחַד कुछ दिन या किसी दिन jednog dana egy napon entah kapan einhvern tíma un giorno いつか 언젠가는 kada nors reiz; kādreiz suatu hari nanti op een dag en vakker dag, en gangkiedyś يوه ورز algum dia într-o zi когда-нибудь raz nekega dne jednog dana en dag [i framtiden] ในวันหนึ...
10. in some way not known for certain. I'll get there somehow. op 'n manier بِطَريقَةٍ ما някак си de qualquer modo nějak irgendwie på en eller anden måde κάπωςde algún modo, de alguna manera, de una u otra manera kuidagi jotenkin d'une manière ou d'une autreאיכשהו किसी तरह na neki način, nekako valahogy(an) entah bagaimana einhvern veginn, með e-m hætti in qualche modo どうにかして 어떻게든 kaip nors kaut kā dengan apa jua cara sekalipun op de een of andere manierpå en eller annen måte, på et visjakoś په ...
11. at an unknown time in the future or the past. We'll go there sometime next week; They went sometime last month. op 'n tyd في وَقْتٍ ما по някое време durante někdy irgendwann på et eller andet tidspunkt κάποτε, κάποια στιγμή en alguna ocasión, en algún momento millalgi joskus dans le courant de מָתַישֶהוּ किसी समय से पहले jednom, nekad valamikor suatu ketika einhvern tíma prima o poi いつか 언젠가 kada nors, kažkada kaut kad dalam in de loop van en (eller annen) gang kiedyś يو وخت durante odată ког...
12. occasionally. He sometimes goes to America; He goes to America sometimes; Sometimes he seems very forgetful. soms أحْيانا понякога às vezes občas manchmal nogle gange πότε πότε, μερικές φορές a veces mõnikord joskus parfoisלפעמים किभी-कभी, यदा कदा, जब-जब katkada, ponekad néha kadang-kadang annað veifið, stundum qualche volta 時々 때로는, 가끔 kartais reizēm; dažreiz kadang kala somsiblant, noen ganger, av og tilczasami ځينى وختونه às vezes uneori, câteodată иногда občas, niekedy, zavše včasih povrem...

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Examples

“Do you need a gift for that special someone?”

“His ultimate concern is with being and beings, with saying something about something and not with the someones who say it and hear it—and not even with the someones whose beings are in conflict about beings in their being.”

“It had never happened, it wasn't that there hadn't been any 'someones', there had actually been numerous 'someones', but not one that had gotten between him and his work.”

“Or rather, to someone. Many someones, in fact. But which someones? Well, the someones that benefited while wage controls were in place had to be people for whom salary was not the primary form of income.”

“He thinks he has become someone.”

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