ALL meanings of anything
an·y·thing
A a - pronoun anything You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen. 3
- pronoun anything You use anything in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether something is present or happening. 3
- pronoun anything You can use anything before words which indicate the kind of thing you are talking about. 3
- pronoun anything You use anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things. 3
- pronoun anything You use anything in expressions such as anything near, anything close to and anything like to emphasize a statement that you are making. 3
- pronoun anything When you do not want to be exact, you use anything to talk about a particular range of things or quantities. 3
- pronoun anything any object, event, action, etc, whatever 3
- noun anything a thing of any kind 3
- adverb anything in any way 3
- pronoun anything any object, event, fact, etc. 3
- noun anything a thing, no matter of what kind 3
- adverb anything in any way; at all 3
- noun anything Used to refer to a thing, no matter what. 1
- pronoun anything something 1
- pronoun anything in questions: a thing of any type 1
- pronoun anything everything possible 1
- pronoun anything with negative: a single thing 1
- adverb anything with negative: to any extent 1
- noun anything a thing of any kind. 1
- adverb anything in any degree; to any extent; in any way; at all: Does it taste anything like chocolate? 1
- idioms anything anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least: The plans were anything but definite. 1
- idioms anything anything goes, any type of conduct, dress, speech, etc., is considered acceptable or valid or is likely to be encountered and tolerated: That resort is a place where anything goes! 1
- noun anything Someone or something of importance. 0
- pronoun anything Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught. 0
- pronoun anything (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison. 0
- adverb anything In any way, any extent or any degree. 0