different between somebody vs beckon
somebody
English
Alternative forms
- some body (obsolete)
- some-body (obsolete)
- somebuddy (eye dialect)
- sombuddy (eye dialect)
- somebudy (eye dialect)
- sombudy (eye dialect)
- sumbody (eye dialect)
- sumbuddy (eye dialect)
Etymology
some +? body
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?mb?d?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?mb?di/, /?s?mb?di/, /?s?mb?di/
Pronoun
somebody
- Some unspecified person.
Usage notes
Logically related to everybody and nobody. Becomes nobody via negation.
Synonyms
- someone
Related terms
- nobody
- everybody
- anybody
- somewhere
- something
Translations
Noun
somebody (plural somebodies)
- A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
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beckon
English
Etymology
From Middle English bekenen, beknen, becnen, beknien, from Old English b?acnian, b?cnian, b?ecnan (“to signal; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn?n, *bauknijan (“to signal”), from *baukn (“signal; beacon”). Cognate with Old Saxon b?knian, Old High German bouhnen, Old Norse bákna. More at beacon.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?k?n/
- Rhymes: -?k?n
Verb
beckon (third-person singular simple present beckons, present participle beckoning, simple past and past participle beckoned)
- (transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
- His distant friends, he beckons near.
- (transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting
Translations
Noun
beckon (plural beckons)
- A sign made without words; a beck.
- c. 1734, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, A Dissertation on Parties
- At the first beckon.
- c. 1734, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, A Dissertation on Parties
- A children's game similar to hide and seek in which children who have been "caught" may escape if they see another hider beckon to them.
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