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anyone

[en-ee-wuhn, -wuhn]

pronoun

any person at all; anybody: Did anyone see the accident?

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English ani on. See any, one

Usage note
Anyone as a pronoun meaning “anybody” or “any person at all” is written as one word: Does anyone have the correct time? The two-word phrase any one means “any single member of a group of persons or things” and is often followed by of: Can any one of the members type? Any one of these books is exciting reading. EXPANDAnyone is somewhat more formal than anybody. See also each, they.

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Anyone is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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Example Sentences

Anyone who could read and write could serve as teacher.

Anyone who wants less is lacking in ambition bewildered.

The idea that an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit can provide high-quality content is increasingly established.

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Anyone who could read and write could serve as teacher.

Anyone who wants less is lacking in ambition bewildered.

The idea that an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit can provide high-quality content is increasingly established.

New research suggests that appealing to feminine tastes throughout the animal kingdom is more complicated than anyone anticipated.

Luckily, for anyone who dares, now there is video from scientists to show.

Foodies, it turns out, are as eager as anyone to jump on the barackwagon.

Here's a spot for anyone looking for a retreat rather than a resort.

It's a place where anyone with a browser can go, pick a subject that interests them, and.

Has anyone else had this experience or does anyone have advice on how to get a job in.

The point is that their release is not going to make anyone better off.

What goes on within the human skull is more complex and fantastic than anyone imagined.

Hardly anyone has heard of them, but millions of pounds of glymes are used every year to make household products.

It would be a federal crime for anyone other than a mail-recovery clerk to do this.

It's one of my favorite foods, and an essential pantry item for anyone interested in quick cooking.

Anyone can contribute new items or edit an existing item.

And instead, find better ways to help anyone at any point in their lives find a path to learning.

No evidence that anyone has been wrongly evicted has yet been found.

Learn why one explorer wants to go deeper than anyone before.

Rarely does anyone weigh facts before deciding what to believe.

If anyone volunteers to do it, give the guy a rag and cheer him on.

We're the last ones on the road and we've barely seen anyone all day.

In theory, zinc finger nucleases could give that immunity to anyone.

In sincerely doubt anyone in the states is trying to bring that about.

And for anyone with a particle of ambition, there is little choice.

Anyone walking into a smoker's abode can tell you that the traces of tobacco use don't vanish when a cigarette is extinguished.

Villagers rarely married anyone from outside their town.

Silent retreats are a specialty, and many include an intro session for anyone who's new to this whole stillness thing.

There's a record for every time anyone drove across the border.

People tell pollsters they trust him more than anyone.

Answers to all the questions anyone ever asked or will ask are there, waiting to be revealed.

The retina processes information much morethan anyone has ever imagined, sending a dozen different movies to the brain.

Almost anyone can bang out an atrocious book, but to achieve fame and adulation for it takes a certain kind of genius.

Now, the washboard dirt road that would make anyone fear for their axles is paved.

The twist, which will excite anyone who has ever painted real pictures with real paint, is that.

American households watch the box for over eight hours a day on average, twice as long as anyone else.

Anyone who has tried to replace a punctured tire or fix a leaky faucet knows the importance of having the right tool for the job.

Colonies can produce such an underwater din that it deafens anyone trying to scan the seas with sonar.

By now it should not surprise anyone that birds and theropod dinosaurs were closely related.

Preserving summer-ripe fruits sometimes demands more time than anyone can spare.

But they're boasting about a souped-up capability to use against anyone who'd.

It will be a while before anyone knows who is right.

The box should be virtually invisible to anyone except those who have followed your.

In a world in which nearly anyone can purchase a device capable of photographing locations behind walls, gates.

They quickly channel water, and anyone caught in the current, away from shore.

For anyone who loves to cook, it's a seductive prospect.

It's a bait car, a decoy modded with an arsenal of gadgetry that allows cops to track anyone foolish enough to take it.

Anyone who pretends otherwise is fooling themselves.

One tomb also includes a curse proclaiming that anyone who violates the grave will be eaten by a crocodile and a snake.

As anyone with cartilage damage from a sports injury knows, there's not a whole lot doctors can do to help.

Anyone who has ever smelled a durian fruit can tell you that it smells mighty strong.

Can't imagine anyone who wouldn't be pleased with this gift.

In fact, its simple design means that it can actually be made by anyone with a few spare parts and some welding gear.

Anyone looking for a more academic take on where this meltdown places in the history of financial folly should turn to.

To the audience, the slow writhing of the dangling bodies was a form of entertainment-and a warning to anyone considering piracy.

Although biology is partly to blame for foot-dragging, anyone can learn to quit.

And now it has happened on a question of interest to anyone who has ever lived with a dog or.

The spicy fragrance wafting through the air can get anyone in a festive spirit.

Anyone can take instant photos, anywhere, and share them.

The idea of a debt clock for an individual nation is familiar to anyone who has.

Ask students if anyone has ever visited a national park.

Although dramatic changes in style are simple for anyone to spot, imagine asking someone, on their very.

And so he did what anyone might have done: he captured the mouse and.

Anyone who wishes, though, can add their show/sale basic info under comments.

Baio says that now that the code's out there, anyone with a few technical skills can take over the job.

But the scandal has yet to result in the criminal conviction by a jury of anyone who was a top executive in the firm.

Anyone whose heart he pierced with his arrows fell.

Other studies have also found that people will categorize anyone of mixed race as belonging to the social group of lower status.

Of course, hardly anyone watches for five days solid, except the umpires.

What all this suggests is that the problem of phone hacking is likely to be far more widespread than anyone has acknowledged.

I'll risk heresy and say that messenger bags are overrated for anyone but bike messengers.

No major side effects were reported, although the technique is not recommended for anyone with a history of seizures.

Such games allow virtually anyone to be a heroic monster slayer without leaving the comfort of their couch.

The debt crisis is deeper and more widespread than almost anyone feared at the start of the year.

The great advantage of prediction and observation is that anyone can make the test.

Anyone who has bats in his belfry will quickly grasp the concept.

All types of people are equally competent at child-rearing-and anyone can learn how to be a better parent with a little effort.

On one hand this leads me to question whether anyone so diversely appropriated can have any clear message for us today.

Anyone interested can find a more detailed review of the current evidence at the site below.

The mission of the label is to give anyone the ears and the sensibility of a native.

In a world in which nearly anyone can purchase a device capable of photographing locations behind walls, gates and.

Generally, anyone embarking on a career of piracy would begin by seizing a ship.

Any takers for this theory and can anyone guide me to develop this theory further.

No one, miraculously, appears to have crashed into anyone else.

There has been no evidence of anyone contracting chronic fatigue syndrome from a blood transfusion, so the risk is hypothetical.

We are an order of magnitude more powerful than anyone else.

Fake crying can be discerned because infants often stop to see whether anyone is listening before resuming.

America is changing, and there is nothing that anyone can do about it.

Anyone contemplating testing should determine in advance whether to share the results with close relatives.

Anyone can make one of these and they generate more useable, cheaper, and much easier to produce energy than photovoltaics.

For anyone who disliked the first group they encountered, try another.

Anyone can speculate, and anyone with a little more intelligence can provide meaningless evidence in support of their guesswork.

Doesn't anyone know these piglet farms create billions in revenue.

Sleep deprivation affects mental performance, as anyone who has tried to work after an all-nighter can attest.

Anyone who is diabetic-or knows a diabetic-recognizes the importance of insulin.

Anyone who has ever been in an earthquake has vivid memories of it: the ground shakes, trembles, buckles and.

However, it should be easy enough for anyone to reproduce, if you want to try.

Anyone who has ever kept an aquarium is well versed in the dangers of excess nitrogen and phosporus in any aquaeic environment.

Actually, for anyone willing to take the time to look, science has never supported fluoridation.

When anyone claims the science is settled, that is the time to ask questions.

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World English Dictionary

anyone (ˈɛnɪˌwʌn, -wən)

—*pron*
1.	any person; anybody
2.	(used with a negative or a question) a person of any importance: is he anyone in this town?
3.	(often preceded by just) any person at random; no matter who

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Word Origin & History

anyone

O.E., from any + one. O.E. also used ænigmon in this sense.

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