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See also: anymore
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- anymore (US)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Adverb[edit]
any more (not comparable)
- (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
- (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[edit]
Translations[edit]
in negative or interrogative constructions
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not any more — see no longer
References[edit]
- any more at OneLook Dictionary Search
Further reading[edit]
positive anymore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
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