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See also:Appendix:Variations of "any"

Translingual

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Etymology

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EnglishAnyin

Symbol

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any

  1. (international standards)language code forAnyin.

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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  • anie(obsolete)
  • anny(pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishany,eny,ony,ani,aniȝ,eniȝ,æniȝ, fromOld Englishǣniġ(“any”), fromProto-West Germanic*ainīg,*ainag, fromProto-Germanic*ainagaz, fromProto-Germanic*ainaz(“one”), equivalent toone +‎-y.

Cognate toSaterland Frisianeenich(“some”),West Frisianiennich(“only”),Dutchenig(“any, some”),Afrikaansenig(“any”),German Low Germanenig(“some”),Germaneinig(“some”),Italianunico(“unique”),Frenchunique(“unique”).Piecewise doublet ofunique.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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any (notcomparable)

  1. To even the slightest extent,at all.
    If you getany taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
    That doesn't bother meany. (chiefly US usage)
    You don't seem to beany the worse after such a tragic experience.
    I will not remain hereany longer.

Translations

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at all

Determiner

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any

  1. (chiefly in the negative or interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) Oneat all; atleast one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.
    Antonyms:zero,no
    Hyponyms:(countable)one;a few,acouple of,ahandful of,several;multiple,various;a lot of,many,numerous;countless;(uncountable)a little,much
    Near-synonym:some
    Do you haveany biscuits?
    Do you haveany food?
    I haven't gotany money.
    It won't do youany good.
    "Give me your pen." — "I don't haveany pen."
  2. A/an, each or some,no matter its/their identity or nature.
    Chooseany item you want.
    Any person may apply.
    Pressany key to continue.
    The character '#' matchesany digit 0–9.
    Please bring some plates —any plates will do.
    I'll drinkany whiskey you've got.
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      This new-comer was a man who inany company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
    • 2006 February, Chuck White,Developing Killer Web Apps with Dreamweaver MX and C#,Wiley,page269:
      [a-z]: A range of characters that matchesany character in the specified range. For example, [a-z] matchesany lowercase alphabetic character in the range a through z.
    • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8845:
      Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily.Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
  3. (with time designations) An unspecified butimminent (second, minute, day etc.).
    They'll be arrivingany day.
    I expect the phone to ring atany moment.

Derived terms

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Translations

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at least one (kind)
no matter what kind

See also

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Pronoun

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any

  1. Any thing(s) or person(s).
    Any may apply.

Translations

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Any things or persons

References

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  • “any”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLatinannus, fromProto-Italic*atnos, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂et-no-, probably from*h₂et-(“to go”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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any m (pluralanys)

  1. year
    un home de 26anys ―a 26-year-old man
    Quantsanys tens? ―Howold are you?
    Bonany nou! ―Happy newyear!
    Avui faiganys ―Today is my birthday

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Determiner

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any

  1. Alternative form ofani

Etymology 2

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Noun

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any

  1. Alternative form ofanoy

Etymology 3

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Verb

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any

  1. Alternative form ofanoyen

Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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any

  1. Alternative form ofanũ

References

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  • Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.

Yola

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Adjective

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any

  1. Alternative form ofaany
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page86:
      Yith w'hadany lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,
      If we hadany luck, our name would have been sung

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page86
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