someone's

Owned by another

Someone's is the possessive form of someone, indicating that something belongs to or is associated with an unspecified person: That's someone's coat on the chair, We're staying at someone's house.

It also contracts someone is or someone has: Someone's been eating my porridge, Someone's at the door.

possessive

mine

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  • yoursPossessive for addressee
  • hisMale possessive pronoun
  • hersFemale possessive pronoun

theirs · ours · whose · apostrophe · genitive · pronoun · belonging to · attributed to

identity

person

Human individual

particular · specific · unknown · anonymous · stranger's · neighbor's · friend's · acquaintance's · colleague's

relationship

mother's

Of the female parent

spouse's · partner's · child's · friend's · neighbor's · boss's · teacher's · doctor's · relative's · ancestor's

Categories
Opposites
possession/ownership

someone'snobody's

Belonging to no person

everyone's · everybody's · ownerless · unowned · unclaimed

definiteness of referent

someone'severybody's

Belonging to all people

everyone's · anybody's · anyone's · all's

Phrases
Family

someone

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G