anything
Meaning
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- Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
- Expressing an indefinite comparison.
Synonyms
anything at all
some things
any kind
in the bush
various things
whatever one likes
in any way
what-do-you-call-it
certain things
no matter which
Frequency
Hyphenated as
an‧y‧thing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing.
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