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anything

[ en-ee-thing ]

pronoun

  1. any thing whatever; something, no matter what:

    Do you have anything for a toothache?



noun

  1. a thing of any kind.

adverb

  1. in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all:

    Does it taste anything like chocolate?

anything

/ ˈɛɪˌθɪŋ /

pronoun

  1. any object, event, action, etc, whatever

    anything might happen

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a thing of any kind

    have you anything to declare?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in any way

    he wasn't anything like his father

  2. anything but
    by no means; not in the least

    she was anything but happy

  3. like anything
    (intensifier; usually euphemistic)

    he ran like anything

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of anything1

before 900; Middle English ani thing, eni thing, Old English ǣnig thing. See any, thing 1
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least:

    The plans were anything but definite.

  2. anything goes, any type of conduct, dress, speech, etc., is considered acceptable or valid or is likely to be encountered and tolerated:

    That resort is a place where anything goes!

More idioms and phrases containing anything

  • can't do anything with
  • if anything
  • like anything
  • not anything like
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Example Sentences

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"I felt on top of the world if I'm being honest, because I had never had that feeling of anything doing that to me," Davie said.

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"But I really don't think that for me, anything has changed about them, they are still mum and dad," she says.

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Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known much about her grandfather, and paid for the private test to see if it threw up anything unusual.

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“This is not about me; I don’t want anything to be about me,” Betts said.

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Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives hopes the Grassley-Cantwell bill might have a path to passage in their chamber eventually, but one senior congressional aide said that leadership is doubtful anything will move in the short term.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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