anything

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

any +‎ thing

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɛniθɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"EniTIN/
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  • Hyphenation: an‧y‧thing

Adverb [edit]

anything (not comparable)

  1. In any way, any extent or any degree.
    That isn't anything like a car.

Pronoun [edit]

anything

  1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.
    I would not do it for anything.
  2. (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
    • 1916, Edward S. Moffat, Go Forth and Find, page 81-82:
      Perhaps it was this atmosphere of misplacedness and loneliness as much as anything which led her to speak to him one evening in early summer when the office had closed.

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Noun [edit]

anything (plural anythings)

  1. Someone or something of importance.

Usage notes [edit]

  • Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing. --De Foe.

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