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an⋅y⋅bod⋅y

[en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee] pronoun, noun, plural -bod⋅ies.
–pronoun
1. any person.
–noun
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.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME ani bodi. See any, body


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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an·y·bod·y   (ěn'ē-bŏd'ē, -bŭd'ē)   
pron.  Any person; anyone.
n.  A person of consequence: Everybody who is anybody was at the reception. See Usage Notes at anyone, every, he1.
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