any

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/ɛni/

det 3adv 1pron 1

Collocations

ADJ.

enough, political, simple, taller, worse, wrong

VERB + ANY

am, belong, bother, debate, doesn't, get, giving, got

I don't belong to any clubs or organizations in my town.

ANY + NOUN

activity, biscuits, chance, chinese, food, i'm, idea, life

I haven't eaten any food since this morning so I'm really hungry now.

PREP.

after, in, on, with

I haven't had any problems with my new laptop since I bought it last month.

ADV.

chiefly, ever

I don't think I've ever seen any of his movies before last night.

Definitions

adv

To even the slightest extent, at all.

If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

det

One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

Near-synonym: some

Do you have any biscuits?

A/an, each or some, no matter its/their identity or nature.

Choose any item you want.

Any person may apply.

An unspecified but imminent (second, minute, day etc.).

They'll be arriving any day.

I expect the phone to ring at any moment.

pron

Any thing(s) or person(s).

Any may apply.

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Idioms & Phrases

any press is good press

Being mentioned in the media, even in the context of a scandal or controversy, is beneficial to the subject because it brings publicity.

any old

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, old.

there isn't any easy way to say this

Used to introduce bad news.

in any case

Whatever be the case; regardless.

Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, we can expect to be doing a lot of shoveling tomorrow.

in any event

At any rate, anyhow.

Near-synonyms: nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may

Example Bank

If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

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That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

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You don't seem to be any the worse after such a tragic experience.

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Near-synonym: some

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Do you have any biscuits?

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Do you have any food?

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