any
Meaning
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To even the slightest extent, at all.
Synonyms
some one
any one
in the bush
any at all
no matter which
any number
even in a slight degree
in any way
of some kind
of some sort
every one of
any of
either of
none at all
part of
the least bit
a an
any man alive
any amount
one of
the whole
whatever one likes
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛnɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”), Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”). Piecewise doublet of unique.
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