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1. (pron.) anything
any thing whatever; something, no matter what:
Do you have anything for a toothache?
2. (n.) anything
a thing of any kind.
3. (adv.) anything
to any degree or extent; in any way; at all:
Does it taste anything like chocolate?
4. anything
anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least.
Etymology: (bef. 900)
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1. (pronoun) anything
means "something" in questions and negatives
Did you have anything to eat?; There isn't anything on TV tonight.; I don't have anything else to wear.
2. anything
whichever thing or every thing
You can do anything if you try hard enough.; He's not picky; he'll eat anything.
3. anything
anything like
means "similar to" in questions and negatives
I'm not anything like my father.; Is this book anything like her last one?
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1. (adverb) anything
in any measure; anywise; at all
2. (noun) anything
any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything
3. (noun) anything
expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like
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Sense: (in questions, and negative sentences etc) some thing
Can you see anything?; I can't see anything.
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 Afrikaans: enige iets |
 Arabic: أي شَيء |
 Bulgarian: нещо |
 Brazilian: alguma coisa |
 Czech: něco; nic |
 German: irgendetwas |
 Danish: noget (som helst) |
 Greek: τίποτε |
 Spanish: algo; nada |
 Estonian: midagi |
 Farsi: چیزی |
 Finnish: mitään |
 French: quelque chose; rien |
 Hebrew: שוּם דָבַר, כְּלוּם |
 Hindi: कोई चीज |
 Croatian: išta |
 Hungarian: valami |
 Indonesian: sesuatu |
 Icelandic: eitthvað; ekkert; neitt |
 Italian: qualcosa; niente |
 Japanese: 何か |
 Korean: (의문문 ·부정문에서) 무엇인가 |
 Lithuanian: kas nors |
 Latvian: kaut kas |
 Malay: apa-apa |
 Dutch: iets |
 Norwegian: noe (som helst) |
 Polish: cokolwiek, coś |
 Persian: چیزی |
 Pashto: شی |
 Portuguese: alguma coisa |
 Romanian: ceva; nimic |
 Russian: что-нибудь; ничего |
 Slovak: niečo; nič |
 Slovenian: kaj; nič |
 Serbian: išta (ništa) |
 Swedish: något |
 Thai: บางสิ่งบางอย่าง |
 Turkish: birşey, herhangi bir şey |
 Taiwanese: (用於疑問句和否定句等) 某物 |
 Ukrainian: що-небудь, щось |
 Urdu: کوئی چیز ، کچھ |
 Vietnamese: cái nào |
 Chinese: （用于否定句、疑问句等）什么事（物） |
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