ANY • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Any

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/ˈɛni/ Listen

adjective

Any adj., pron.

One indifferently, out of an indefinite number; one indefinitely, whosoever or whatsoever it may be. Note: Any is often used in denying or asserting without limitation; as, this thing ought not be done at any time; I ask any one to answer my question. "No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son."

Some, of whatever kind, quantity, or number; as, are there any witnesses present? are there any other houses like it? "Who will show us any good?" Note: It is often used, either in the singular or the plural, as a pronoun, the person or thing being understood; anybody; anyone; (pl.) any persons. "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,... and it shall be given him." "That if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem."

At any rate, In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.

adverb

Any adv. To any extent; in any degree; at all. "You are not to go loose any longer." "Before you go any farther."

See images of 'Any'

Etymology of 'Any'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Any" Quotes from Famous Books

... disciplined Sudanese battalions; and, in order to clinch matters, the Sirdar with splendid courage rode at the head of the brigade to summon the city to surrender. Through the clusters of hovels on the outskirts he rode on despite the protests of his staff against any needless exposure of his life. He rightly counted on the effect which such boldness on the part of the chief must have on an undecided populace. Fanatics here and there fired on the conquerors, but the news of the Khalifa's ...

— The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) • John Holland Rose

... any of the insurrections? . . . Did the troops have to kill many people? How about the assassination of Poincare? ...

— The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... time was before them, their worst fear being that Naude and his companions had been captured the previous night and that some time would probably elapse before they knew with any certainty what his fate ...

— The Petticoat Commando - Boer Women in Secret Service • Johanna Brandt

... express his unabated affection for them:—"I am your brother, and companion in tribulation." Although the "like afflictions were accomplished in his brethren," the Devil was permitted to "cast" only "some of them into prison." But it is remarkable that John utters not a word, much less manifests any resentment, against the persecutor. He was "in the isle that is called Patmos:"—but he does not say who sent him there. Historians tell us that he was banished by Domitian, the Roman emperor; others say, by Nero; but the former is more probable. This ...

— Notes On The Apocalypse • David Steele

... argument, as I see it and will present it, invalidated in any degree by the case of such individuals as the sterile worker-bee; any more than the argument, rightly considered, is invalidated by any instance of a worthy, valuable, happy life, eminently a success in the highest and in the lower senses, lived ...

— Woman and Womanhood - A Search for Principles • C. W. Saleeby

More quotes...