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

  1. 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)

  1. A recognised or important person, a celebrity.

somebody From the web:

  • what somebody to love remix
  • what somebody to love
  • what somebody to love tiktok
  • what somebody to love need somebody to love
  • what's somebody like you doing in a place like this lyrics
  • what somebody you love
  • what's somebody told me about
  • what somebody loved me


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)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To wave or nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
    • His distant friends, he beckons near.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To seem attractive and inviting

Translations

Noun

beckon (plural beckons)

  1. A sign made without words; a beck.
    • c. 1734, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, A Dissertation on Parties
      At the first beckon.
  2. 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.

beckon From the web:

  • what beckoned mean
  • what's beckon call mean
  • what's beckon call
  • what beckoned mean in arabic
  • beckoning what does it mean
  • beckon what is the definition
  • beckon what part of speech
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like