anywhere

English

Etymology

any +‎ where

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɛn.iː.(h)weə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"En.i:.(h)we@(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɛn.i.hwɛɹ/, X-SAMPA: /"En.i.hwEr/

• Audio (US)

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Adverb

anywhere (not comparable)

1. In or at any location or an unknown location.

   I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.

   I'd rather be anywhere else.

2. To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.

   Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.

   I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere.

   Are you going anywhere special this weekend?

Related terms

terms related to anywhere

everywhere nowhere somewhere

anybody, anyone anything

Translations

any place

• Bulgarian: навсякъде (bg) (navsjakăde), където и да е (bg) (kădeto i da e)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 任何地方 (cmn), 任何地方 (cmn) (rèn hé dì fāng)

• Czech: kdekoliv (cs)
• Dutch: overal (nl), eender waar (nl)
• Esperanto: ie ajn (eo)
• Finnish: missä (fi) tahansa (fi), mihin (fi) tahansa
• French: n'importe où (fr), où que ce soit (fr)
• German: überall (de), irgendwo (de)
• Greek: οπουδήποτε (el) (opoudípote) (opoudípote), πουθενά (el) (pouθená)
• Japanese: どこでも (ja) (dokodemo)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هه‌رچی شوێن (ku) (herçi shwén), هه‌رشوێن (ku) (her shwén)

• Latin: alicubi (la)
• Malay:

  Rumi: mana-mana (ms)

  Jawi: مان٢ (ms)

• Old English: ǣġhwǣr (ang)
• Polish: gdziekolwiek (pl)
• Romanian: oriunde (ro)
• Russian: где-либо (ru) (gde-líbo) (somewhere, anywhere), где-нибудь (ru) (gde-nibúdʹ) (somewhere, anywhere), где угодно (ru) (gde ugódno)
• Spanish: en cualquier parte (es), dondequiera (es)
• Swedish: var som helst (sv), varsomhelst (sv) (in or at any place), vart som helst (sv) (to any place), någonstans (sv) (inte någonstans = not anywhere, nowhere)
• Telugu: (in or at any place) ఎక్కడైనా (te) (ekkaDainaa), (to any place) ఎక్కడికైనా (te) (ekkaDikainaa)

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Translations to be checked

• Basque: edonon (eu), nonnahi (eu)

• Italian: dovunque (it)
• Portuguese: em qualquer lugar (pt)

Pronoun

anywhere

1. Any location or an unknown location.

   Anywhere is better than here!