any
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
any
adv 1: to any degree or extent; "it isn't any better"
adj 1: one or some or every or all without specification; "give
me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left";
"any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day
now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at
twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need
any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't
want"; "no milk whatsoever is left" [syn: {any(a)},
{whatever}, {whatsoever}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Any \A"ny\, a. & pron. [OE. [ae]ni[yogh], [ae]ni, eni, ani, oni,
AS. [=ae]nig, fr. [=a]n one. It is akin to OS. [=e]nig, OHG.
einic, G. einig, D. eenig. See {One}.]
1. One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one
indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be.
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Note: Any is often used in denying or asserting without
limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any
time; I ask any one to answer my question.
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No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither
knoweth any man the Father, save the Son. --Matt.
xi. 27.
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2. Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there
any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it?
"Who will show us any good?" --Ps. iv. 6.
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Note: It is often used, either in the singular or the plural,
as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood;
anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons.
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, .
. . and it shall be given him. --Jas. i. 5.
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That if he found any of this way, whether they
were men or women, he might bring them bound unto
Jerusalem. --Acts ix. 2.
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{At any rate}, {In any case}, whatever may be the state of
affairs; anyhow.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "any":
a, a certain, all, all and some, all and sundry, an, any one,
anybody, anyone, anything, atomic, aught, certain, each,
each and all, each and every, each one, either, every, every one,
exclusive, individual, indivisible, integral, irreducible, lone,
measured, monadic, monistic, one, one and all, quantified,
quantitative, quantitive, quantized, simple, single, singular,
sole, solid, solitary, some, something, somewhat, unanalyzable,
undivided, uniform, unique, unitary, whole
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