any more

See also: anymore

English

Alternative forms

• anymore (US)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.niˈmɔː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.niˈmɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.niˈmo(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.niˈmoə/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.niˈmoːɹ/, /ˌæ.niˈmɔːɹ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Adverb

any more (not comparable)

1. (in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.

   They don't make repairable radios any more.

   Synonyms: any longer, no longer

2. (colloquial, chiefly Northern Ireland, US, in positive constructions) Now, from now on.

   I eat fish anymore.

   Synonyms: going forward, nowadays; see also Thesaurus:henceforth, Thesaurus:currently

   • 1920, Lawrence, D[avid] H[erbert], Women in Love:

     ‘Quite absurd,’ he said. ‘Suffering bores me, any more.’

   • 2009, Pynchon, Thomas, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 268:

     He's no longer the wholesome Chamber of Commerce bigshot we used to know in the olden days, Doc, he's bad shit anymore

Usage notes

• For the common uses of the phrase other than as an adverb see entries for any and more.

Translations

in negative or interrogative constructions

• Armenian: այլևս (aylews), էլ (hy) (ēl)
• Azerbaijani: daha (az)
• Bashkir: бүтән (bütän), башҡа (bašqa)
• Catalan: més (ca), per més temps
• Dutch: meer (nl), langer (nl)
• Estonian: enam (et)
• Finnish: enää (fi)
• French: plus (fr)
• German: nicht mehr
• Greek: άλλο (állo)
• Hungarian: többé (hu), már (hu)
• Ido: pluse (io)

• Italian: più (it)
• Latin: iam (la)
• Polish: już (nie)
• Portuguese: mais (pt)
• Romanian: mai (ro)
• Russian: бо́льше (ru) (bólʹše)
• Slovak: už nie, už viac (nie)
• Spanish: ya (es), ya más
• Swedish: längre (sv)
• Turkish: artık (tr)
• Ukrainian: бі́льше (uk) (bílʹše), вже ні (vže ni)

not any more — see no longer

References

• any more at OneLook Dictionary Search

Further reading

• positive anymore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Maroney, romneya