ALL meanings of anyone
an·y·one
A a - pronoun anyone You use anyone or anybody in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nobody is present or involved in an action. 3
- pronoun anyone You use anyone or anybody in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether someone is present or doing something. 3
- pronoun anyone You use anyone or anybody before words which indicate the kind of person you are talking about. 3
- pronoun anyone You use anyone or anybody to refer to a person when you are emphasizing that it could be any person out of a very large number of people. 3
- pronoun anyone any person; anybody 3
- pronoun anyone a person of any importance 3
- pronoun anyone any person at random; no matter who 3
- pronoun anyone no matter who 1
- pronoun anyone in questions: someone 1
- pronoun anyone with negative: no-one 1
- pronoun anyone any person 1
- pronoun anyone with doubt: someone 1
- noun anyone Any person or people. 1
- noun anyone Anyone as a pronoun meaning “anybody” or “any person at all” is written as one word: Does anyone have the correct time? The two-word phrase any one means “any single member of a group of persons or things” and is often followed by of: Can any one of the members type? Any one of these books is exciting reading. Anyone is somewhat more formal than anybody. See also each, they. 1
- pronoun anyone Any person; anybody. 0