anything

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/]

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1. anything (pron) — sense 1

Definition: Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

Example: I would not do it for anything.

2. anything (pron) — sense 2

Definition: Expressing an indefinite comparison.

Example: Perhaps it was this atmosphere of misplacedness and loneliness as much as anything which led her to speak to him one evening in early summer when the office had closed.

3. anything (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Someone or something of importance.

Example: How long does it take to turn you actors into good anythings?

4. anything (verb) — sense 4

Definition: Used as a placeholder verb for any verb out of a set of related verbs.

Example: He wasn't cooking, he wasn't sweeping, he wasn't anythinging!

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