any

adjective

one, a, an, or some; one or more without specification or identification: If you have any witnesses, produce them. Pick out any six you like.

whatever or whichever it may be: cheap at any price.

in whatever quantity or number, great or small; some: Do you have any butter?

every; all: Any schoolboy would know that. Read any books you find on the subject.

(following a negative) at all: She can't endure any criticism.

pronoun

an unspecified person or persons; anybody; anyone: He does better than any before him.

a single one or ones; an unspecified thing or things; a quantity or number: We don't have any left.

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adverb

in whatever degree; to some extent; at all: Do you feel any better?

Idioms

any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly: Doing your work any which way is just not good enough.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English eni, ani, Old English ǣnig (Old English ān one + -ig -y¹)

Synonyms
3. See some.

Usage note
See anybody, anyone, anyplace, anyway, either, they.

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World English Dictionary

any (ˈɛnɪ)

—*determiner*
1.	a. one, some, or several, as specified, no matter how much or many, what kind or quality, etc: any cheese in the cupboard is yours; you may take any clothes you like
	b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): take any you like
2.	(usually used with a negative)
	a. even the smallest amount or even one: I can't stand any noise
	b. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural): don't give her any
3.	whatever or whichever; no matter what or which: any dictionary will do; any time of day
4.	an indefinite or unlimited amount or number (esp in the phrases any amount or number): any number of friends

—*adv*
5.	(usually used with a negative)
	a. ( foll by a comparative adjective ) to even the smallest extent: it isn't any worse now
	b. not standard at all: he doesn't care any

[Old English ǣnig; related to Old Frisian ēnig, Old High German einag, Old Norse einigr anyone, Latin ūnicus unique; see an¹, one]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

any

O.E. ænig "any, anyone," lit. "one-y," from P.Gmc. *ainagas (cf. O.S. enig, O.N. einigr, O.Fris. enich, Du. enig, Ger. einig). The -y may have dim. force here. Emphatic form any old ______ (British variant: any bloody ______) is recorded from 1896. At any rate is recorded from 1847. Among the large

family of compounds beginning with any- , anykyn "any kind" (c.1300) did not survive. Anywhen (1831) is rarely used, but OED calls it "common in Southern [British] dialects."

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

any

In addition to the idioms beginning with any, also see at any rate; by any means; go to any length; in any case; under any (no) circumstances.

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Example sentences

Students set up another free speech wall, this time taping over any language

that could be deemed offensive.

Choose any tasting flight and receive the second choice complimentary.

One aspect that should be incorporated into any experiments with cell fusion is

using a fusible cell lines such as stem cells.