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- [en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee]
- /ˈɛn iˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [en-ee-bod-ee, -buhd-ee]
- /ˈɛn iˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i/
Definitions of anybody's guess words
- noun plural anybody's guess a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation. 1
- idioms anybody's guess anybody's guess, a matter of conjecture: It's anybody's guess why she quit. 1
- noun anybody's guess 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. 1
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Origin of anybody's guess
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, anybody is from the Middle English word ani bodi. See any, body
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Parts of speech for Anybody's guess
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anybody's guess popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for anybody's guess
noun anybody's guess
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- loose end — a part or piece left hanging, unattached, or unused: Remind me to tack down that loose end on the stairway carpet.
- rhetorical question — a question asked solely to produce an effect or to make an assertion and not to elicit a reply, as “What is so rare as a day in June?”.
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