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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adverb 1.3 Pronoun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Translations 1.4.3 Related terms 1.5 References

[ English

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛniθɪŋ/, SAMPA: /"EniTIN/
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• Hyphenation: an·y·thing

[ Adverb

anything (not comparable)

1. In any way, any extent or any degree.

   That isn't anything like a car

[ Pronoun

anything

1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
2. Expressing an indefinite comparison;—with as or like.

[ Translations

[ Noun

anything (uncountable)

1. Someone or something of importance.

[ Usage notes

Note: 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 thee wider sense. Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing. --De Foe.

[ Translations

[ Related terms

• thing
• nothing
• something
• everything
• anybody, anyone
• anywhere

[ References

• “anything” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.