1 : any person : anyone
▪ Did anybody call? ▪ I don't know how anybody can believe that. ▪ I thought I heard someone outside, but when I looked there wasn't anybody there. [=no one was there] ▪ An accident like that could happen to anybody. ▪ You have to be a member to go there. They won't let just anybody in. ▪ Everybody who's anybody [=every important or well-known person] was there. ▪ She arrived 10 minutes before anybody else. [=before any other person] 2 — used when asking a question that could be answered by any of the people in a group ▪ Does anybody know where my keys are? [=do any of you know where my keys are?] ▪ Would anybody like more coffee?
▪ Did anybody call? ▪ I don't know how anybody can believe that. ▪ I thought I heard someone outside, but when I looked there wasn't anybody there. [=no one was there] ▪ An accident like that could happen to anybody. ▪ You have to be a member to go there. They won't let just anybody in. ▪ Everybody who's anybody [=every important or well-known person] was there. ▪ She arrived 10 minutes before anybody else. [=before any other person]




