someone1 pronounsomeone2 noun
someonesome‧one1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ ●●● S1 W1 pronoun 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Someone was pounding on the door.
- Could someone please turn on the lights?
Longman Language Activatora person
· I think Sue's a really nice person.· He's the only person I know who can speak Chinese.· There were over 200 people at the meeting.· The streets were suddenly full of people.
a person - use this when you do not know who the person is, or when it is not important to say who it is: · Someone phoned you but I didn't get their name.· What would you do if somebody tried to rob you in the street?someone else/somebody else (=another person): · Can't you get someone else to clean the kitchen for you?
a person - use this when you are comparing people with animals or machines: · The drug had never before been tested on a human being.· Computers have replaced humans in many factories.
a person - use this especially when you are talking about responsibility or choice: · It is the responsibility of each individual within the class to make sure they have the correct books.· The decision to have an operation should be up to the individual involved.
a person who seems strange, interesting etc: · A couple of suspicious-looking characters were standing outside the house.· Beneath his brash, noisy exterior was a much shrewder and lonelier character than he admitted.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
‘When are you planning to hire someone?’ ‘As soon as we find someone suitable.’ Can you ask someone else (=a different person) to help you? I’m really busy. Have Brooks or someone fax this to New York right away.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
‘When are you planning to hire someone?’ ‘As soon as we find someone suitable.’ Can you ask someone else (=a different person) to help you? I’m really busy. Have Brooks or someone fax this to New York right away.· The job brought me into contact with a lot of interesting people.
· He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next weekend.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► not know someone from Adam► play Cupid (to someone)► it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it► give someone the (old) heave-ho► stick/put etc the knife in/into someone► take someone to task
used to mean a person, when you do not know or do not say who the person is SYN somebody: - Almost all our citizens are indicted for something or other.
- Calls himself Jack something or other.
- He did it not because he liked people that night but to make a moral point about something or other.
- Iris is off somewhere or other for the next few days.
- It was decided by someone or other that we would stay out at Lima with the grunts.
- Later on, we were on another job, looking after a defence minister from somewhere or other.
- Nineteen fifty something or other convertible.
- Somebody else got a chocolate something or other.
What would you do if someone tried to rob you in the street? Will someone please explain what’s going on?someone new/different etc ‘When are you planning to hire someone?’ ‘As soon as we find someone suitable.’ Can you ask someone else (=a different person) to help you? I’m really busy. Have Brooks or someone fax this to New York right away.someone1 pronounsomeone2 noun
someonesomeone2 noun be someone to be or feel important: Gerber was determined to be someone.