How to use anything in a sentence. Anyone, anybody and anything are indefinite pronouns We use anyone, anybody and anything to refer to both an open, unlimited set of things or people and specific things or people. From middle english anything, enything, onything, from late old english aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. He wasn't anything like his father Anything but by no means
She was anything but happy Does it taste anything like chocolate Anything but, in no degree or respect The plans were anything but definite. Factsheet what does the word anything mean There are seven meanings listed in oed's entry for the word anything
See examples of anything used in a sentence. Any object, occurrence, or matter whatever. You use anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things. Anything refers to any object, entity, idea, event, action, or concept without limitations or restrictions It encompasses everything that exists or could potentially exist, regardless of its size, nature, or significance.
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