1
[ article ] determiner, indeterminate but applying to all
2
[ adjective ] (in negative statements) either every little or very great but unspecified

Examples

"can't stand any noise" "could not endure chemotherapy for any length of time"

Used in print

(Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)

But of_course the paterollers won n't be of any help , not with everything so upset and that Yankee cavalry outfit they say is running around , God_knows_where '' .

Related terms

immoderate

3
[ adverb ] to any degree or extent

Examples

"it isn't any better"

Used in print

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

`` Does this make it any easier , coward '' ?

4
[ pronoun ] pronoun, third person singular impersonal
5
[ adjective ] one or some or every or all without specification

Synonyms

whatsoever whatever

Examples

"not any milk is left" "any child would know that" "pick any card" "any day now" "at twilight or any other time" "beyond any doubt" "need any help we can get"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

writes : Do steam_baths have any health value ?

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

All_of the releases , however , are recorded at a gratifyingly high level , with resultant masking of any surface_noise .

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

One year I simply set the plants in the remains of a compost pile , to which a_little sand had been added , and I had the most beautiful pansies in my , or any of my neighbors ' experience .

Today , refrigerated carriers have made the shipping of avocados possible to any place in the world .

This cooling does not change the avocado in any way , it just delays the natural softening of the fruit until a grove like temperature ( room_temperature ) is restored .

Related terms

some

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