any object, event, fact, etc.: do you know anything about it?
a thing, no matter of what kind: do anything you want
in any way; at all: is he anything like his father?
anything Idioms
anything but
by no means; not at all
pronoun
The definition of anything means any object, person, topic or idea.
An example of anything is a person who will eat any type or kind of food.
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pron.
Any object, occurrence, or matter whatever.
adverb
To any degree or extent; at all: They aren't anything like last year's team.
noun
Something or someone of importance: “You had to be something to start with, and Jeremy never was anything” ( Anne Tyler )
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Usage notes
- 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 the wider sense. Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing. --De Foe.
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Sentence Examples
- He does not like to do anything else.
- He didn't want anything to do with them, so they didn't exist.
- It wasn't as if they could do anything anyway.
- I never wanted anything and I don't now.
- He might never say anything to Jonathan about it, but Jonathan would know in other ways how he felt.
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Words near anything in the dictionary
- anything
- anyplace
- anyplace-else
- anyroad