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anything
[ en-ee-thing ]
pronoun
- any thing whatever; something, no matter what:
Do you have anything for a toothache?
noun
- a thing of any kind.
adverb
- in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all:
Does it taste anything like chocolate?
anything
/ ˈɛ²Ôɪˌθɪŋ /
pronoun
- any object, event, action, etc, whatever
anything might happen
noun
- a thing of any kind
have you anything to declare?
adverb
- in any way
he wasn't anything like his father
- anything butby no means; not in the least
she was anything but happy
- like anything(intensifier; usually euphemistic)
he ran like anything
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least:
The plans were anything but definite.
- 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
Example Sentences
The rest of the shows on the mature animation block were comedies while “Cowboy Bebop†was anime, although unlike nearly anything else the genre’s American aficionados were accustomed to.
He hasn't brought anything truly new to the table, but, using the tonnes of energy he has, he has become one of the top representatives of a broader cultural shift.
Since your husband died the month that the two provisions stopped applying, the amount Social Security may owe him retroactively is likely small, if anything.
I try to deliver my vocals in a natural way without forcing anything and it seems like the audience appreciates that.
“We’ve never seen anything like the scale of the attack that we’re seeing on public health and at EPA in particular,†said Jeremy Symons, a senior advisor with the EPN.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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