anything
∞
1.0
- pronoun
- /ˈɛnɪˌθɪŋ/
:
cualquier cosa
- You can do anything you set your mind to.
- anything else
- want anything
- never do anything
You know, God doesn't need anything apart from us.
- You know, God doesn't need anything apart from us.
- I mean, I, I can't think of anything worse than that.
- And that's the furthest place from anything in the world.
- When this dude does anything, he is all in.
- I can wear them with anything, T-shirt, hat, suit.
- I wouldn't change anything and I would love it.
- We don't do anything to mark the past.
- And I can't do anything without the TV on.
- No, man, I'm just saying if you need anything, you need shoes.
- Look how they can't be anything other than that.
- I was never late for anything but that.
- And I thought, could I figure anything like this out?
- So now you're not requiring anything else of him.
- Like you can prove anything with enough money.
- Why haven't we heard anything from our alien friends?
- Nor did I know anything about the generative Dr.
Examples
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Her brother back in the U.S. could do anything he wanted with his life.
Academic text (2011) -
Does anybody have anything to say?
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When this dude does anything, he is all in.
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All our methods for knowing anything can go wrong.
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"You can either lay there and not do anything, or you can get up."
Academic text (2011) -
No, man, I'm just saying if you need anything, you need shoes.
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Do you want anything, like a snack or something?
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I wouldn't change anything and I would love it.
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He will do anything to make things right.
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You can do anything you set your mind to.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Anything of a certain kind, no matter which one
Anything at all used to refer to no particular item
Idioms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Anything is just any + thing, which you can remember as 'any one thing' or 'no matter which thing'. So you use anything when you mean some object, event, or matter without naming it.