someone
noun
- unknown or unspecified person
pronoun
- some person
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmwʌn/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one.
- A partially specified but unnamed person.
“Do you need a gift for that special someone?”
“His ultimate concern is with being and beings, with saying something about something and not with the someones who say it and hear it—and not even with the someones whose beings are in conflict about beings in their being.”
- An important person.
“He thinks he has become someone.”
pron
Etymology: From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one.
- One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.
“Can someone help me, please?”
“Can you get me someone more knowledgeable?”