Collocations for "any"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "any" in context.
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any
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- any [man, woman, child, person, animal]
- any [user, worker, patient, customer]
- any [problems, aspects, difficulties, changes, danger, objections]
- any [comments, questions, information, suggestions, responses]
- [if, should] you have any [problems, comments]
- any objections?
- any reason why not?
- any [cigarettes, milk, eggs, paper, change]
- do you have any [sugar, spare change]?
- don't have any [cigarettes] left
- any [time, day, week, month]
- at any time of (the) day
- any [kind, type, sort] of
- (arrange in) any [order, way, manner]
- (in) any way you like
- (know) any other way to
- [is there, have] any way of [knowing, telling]
- any [additional, further, other] information
- are there any others?
- is not just any [old building, dog]
- you can use any old [box, potato, computer]
- any old [box] will [do, suffice]
- any [child] would know that
- (they'll be here) any time now
- any [time] you [want, like, choose]
- (he) can't [endure, take] any [criticism]
- didn't [experience, undergo] any changes
- [buy, sell] at any price
- [avoid, have] it at any cost
- UK: any advance on [£500]?
- (not) any [more, further]
'any' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Chinese
- December
- Japanese
- November
- October
- Tuesday
- a number of
- absence
- accommodate
- accountability
- accountable
- accountant
- ace
- ache
- achieve
- addition
- additional
- address
- admit
- advance
- advice
- affection
- agent
- ale
- along
- alter
- alternative
- amenable
- amount
- amusement
- anguish
- anticipation
- app
- appear
- applicable
- appreciate
- argument
- arrive
- artichoke
- assistance
- attach
- authority
- availability
- available
- avocado
- avoid
- aware
- backbone
- baggage
- bar