someone's

some·one's
/ˈsʌmwʌnz/

pronoun

Possessive case of someone.

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somebody's
OriginEnglish someone ← Middle English sum oon →
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Meanings

someone's1

pronoun
  1. Possessive case of someone.

    Synonyms: somebody's

someone's2

contraction
  1. abbreviationcontractionContraction of someone + is.
  2. abbreviationcontractionContraction of someone + has.

Synonyms & antonyms

pronounPossessive case of someone.

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somebody's
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somebody's

Origin

someone's · pronoun

  1. Middle Englishsum oon
  2. Englishsomeone
  3. Englishsomeone's

From someone + -'s.

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someone's · contraction

From someone + 's.

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Translations

Bulgarian не́чий
  • не́чий (néčij)possessive case of ''someone''
Chinese Mandarin 某人的
  • 某人的 (mǒurén de)possessive case of ''someone''
Czech něčí
  • něčípossessive case of ''someone''
Dutch iemands
  • iemandspossessive case of ''someone''
Finnish jonkun
  • jonkunpossessive case of ''someone''
French de quelqu'un, à quelqu'un
  • de quelqu'unpossessive case of ''someone''
  • à quelqu'unpossessive case of ''someone''
German jemandes
  • jemandespossessive case of ''someone''
Hungarian valaki(nek a/az) …-a/-e/-ja/-je, valakié
  • valaki(nek a/az) …-a/-e/-ja/-jepossessive case of ''someone''
  • valakiépossessive case of ''someone''
Japanese 誰かの
  • 誰かのpossessive case of ''someone''
Korean 누군가의
  • 누군가의 (nugun'gaui)possessive case of ''someone''
Polish czyjś
  • czyjśpossessive case of ''someone''
Romanian cuiva
  • cuivapossessive case of ''someone''
Russian че́й-то
  • че́й-то (čéj-to)possessive case of ''someone''
Slovak niečí
  • niečípossessive case of ''someone''
Spanish de alguien
  • de alguienpossessive case of ''someone''
Swedish någons
  • någonspossessive case of ''someone''
Turkish birinin
  • birininpossessive case of ''someone''
Ukrainian чийсь
  • чийсь (čyjsʹ)possessive case of ''someone''
Cite this entry
APA

someone's. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/someone's

MLA

“someone's.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/someone's. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “someone's,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/someone's.

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