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any·thing (-t̸hiŋ′)

pronoun

any object, event, fact, etc. do you know anything about it?

noun

a thing, no matter of what kind do anything you want

adverb

in any way; at all is he anything like his father?
anything Idioms

anything but

by no means; not at all

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anything Synonyms

anything

pron.

something, everything, all, anything at all, anything whatever, aught, any, any one thing, whatever one wants, you name it*.


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anything Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • ebay: Clean out that closet or cellar - you can sell practically anything on eBay and donate a percentage of your net proceeds to Samaritans.

Converse of subject

  • offend: If you become offended by anything, please read An Attempt to Justify Gruesome Bible Passages.

Noun used with modifier

  • means: Its atmosphere of relaxed chic means anything goes and you can be as social or reclusive as you like.

Adjective modifier

  • worth: If Jesus Christ is worth anything, He is worth everything!

Converse of object

  • do: Always a lover of dogs, Bennett could do anything with them; no dog, however fierce, resented his approach.

Modifies a noun

  • else: Contingency is there for anything else that might crop up.

Preposition: of

  • sort: It has to be said that Globalize Resistance does not appear to do anything of the sort.

Preposition: for

  • the--experience: Three or four nice men have thought they were in love with me, and I wouldn't take anything for the--experience.
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anything quotes

From all I can learn, he'sgot no business, no income, and no connection worth speaking of; but then, I know nothingönobody tells me anything.

-Galsworthy,John

I got rhythm, I got music, I got my manö Who could ask for anything more.

-Gershwin, Ira originally Israel Gershowitz

I did not say anything. I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious and sacrifice and the expression in vain.We had heard them, sometimes standing in the rain almost out of earshot, so that only the shouted words came through, and had read them, on proclamations that were slapped up by billposters over other proclamations, now fora long time, and I had seen nothing sacred, and thethings that were glorious had no gloryand the sacrifices were like the stock-yards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it.

-Hemingway, Ernest Millar

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