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anything

‘anything’

You use anything to talk about something that might happen.

He was ready for anything.

You use anything to talk about each thing of a particular kind.

‘Do you like chocolate?’ – ‘I like anything sweet.’

used in questions and negatives

Anything is very commonly used in questions and negative sentences.

Why do we have to show him anything?

I did not say anything.

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'anything' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bare - believe - beside - but - can - compare - complete - cook - deny - else - evidence - except - fun - go on - happen - have got - matter - must - need - never - none - not - nothing - object - only - point - police - require - seldom - should - something - statistics - strange - suppose - whatever - whole - write

Forum discussions with the word(s) "anything" in the title:

", eager for": adjective without anything else - English Only forum
"... or anything/something" - English Only forum
...I could <do><have done> anything I liked... - English Only forum
'' have anything to do with '' - English Only forum
''Is there anything good out now.'' - English Only forum
'anything' and 'everything' in context - English Only forum
'Cause she won't be taking anything good. Because they'll be doing rough and tumble stuff - English Only forum
'Did he look at something?' or 'Did he look at anything?' - English Only forum
'I wouldn't know' without anything following it - English Only forum
“He didn’t do anything of what was expected of him.” ...anything of what he was expected to do.” - English Only forum
“I’m up for anything” - English Only forum
“If it will make you feel better, tell me. But it won't change anything.” - English Only forum
(You-not-tell) him anything if you know he gets furious. - English Only forum
~unable to do anything <but whistle and tap> its foot and look up at the sky. Or <contemplate>~ - English Only forum
3 seconds is so short that we can hardly do anything (with/with it) - English Only forum
A comes as close as anything we have to B - English Only forum
a decrease of that size is unlike anything he's ever seen - English Only forum
a level at which anything that suffices - English Only forum
A man sneezed loudly. (...) I've never seen anything like it - English Only forum
A question about do whatever/everything/anything they can do - English Only forum
A risk to anything - English Only forum
about anything - English Only forum
Absolutely anything - English Only forum
<Actually>, I’m not really here to eat, or anything - English Only forum
Adjectives after: somewhere, anywhere, nothing, nowhere, nobody, anyone, someone, something, anything. - English Only forum
all but, everything but, anything but - English Only forum
All but/Anything but... - English Only forum
All he needed was for the police to be tipped off now, before he could prove anything - English Only forum
All the officials had to be squared before they <would> do anything for you. - English Only forum
Allow me not to write anything at all - English Only forum
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