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an·y·bod·y 
[en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee] Pronunciation Key pronoun, noun, plural -bod·ies.
[en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee] Pronunciation Key pronoun, noun, plural -bod·ies. –pronoun
–noun
—Idiom
| 1. | any person. |
| 2. | a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation. |
| 3. | anybody's guess, a matter of conjecture: It's anybody's guess why she quit. |
—Usage note The pronoun anybody is always written as one word: Is anybody home? There isn't anybody in the office. The two-word noun phrase any body means “any group” (Any body of students will include a few dissidents) or “any physical body”: The search continued for a week despite the failure to find any body. If the word a can be substituted for any without seriously affecting the meaning, the two-word noun phrase is called for: a body of students; failure to find a body. If the substitution cannot be made, the spelling is anybody. Anybody is less formal than anyone. See also anyone, each, they.
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