anything n : a thing of any kind; "do you have anything to declare?"

English

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛniθɪŋ/, /"EniTIN/
• Hyphenation: an·y·thing

Adverb

1. In any way, any extent or any degree.

   That isn't anything like a car

Pronoun

1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything.
2. Expressing an indefinite comparison;—with as or like.

Translations

Noun

1. Someone or something of importance.

Usage notes

Note: Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing. --De Foe.

Translations

Related terms

• thing
• nothing
• something
• everything
• anybody, anyone
• anywhere

References

Anything may refer to:

In music:

• Anything (The Damned album)
  • "Anything" (The Damned song)
• Anything (Kinnie Starr album), and the title song
• Anything (Martina Topley-Bird album), the U.S. version of Quixotic, and the song "Anything"
• "Anything" (3T song)
• "Anything" (Culture Beat song)
• "Anything" (Jay-Z song)
• "Anything" (JoJo song)
• "Anything" (Third Eye Blind song)
• "Anything", a song by Eric Burdon & The Animals from Winds of Change
• "Anything", a song by Jaheim from Ghetto Love
• "Anything", a song by the Plain White T's from All That We Needed
• "Anything", a song by SWV from It's About Time
• "Anything, Anything (I'll Give You)", a song by Dramarama from Cinéma Vérité

In other uses:

• Anything and Whatever, two Singaporean soft drinks

See also

• Nothing (disambiguation)
• Something (disambiguation)
• Everything