different between any vs everything

English

Alternative forms

• anie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, ani?, eni?, æni?, from Old English ?ni? (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +? -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ni/, (dialectal) /?æni/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?æni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ni/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /??ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni, -æni
• (US) Homophone: innie (pin-pen)

Adverb

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 58:

     I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

Translations

Determiner

any

1. (chiefly in the negative) At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 27

     No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
2. No matter what kind.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• some

Pronoun

any

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

   Any may apply.

Translations

References

• any at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?et-no-, probably from *h?et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

any m (plural anys)

1. year

Derived terms

Related terms

• aniversari
• annals
• anual / anyal
• ninou
• perenne

Further reading

• “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?n?/

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of an?

Descendants

• Portuguese: ani
  • English: ani

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.

English

Alternative forms

• (eye dialect, AAVE): e'rythin', e'rythang, e'rything, ev'ryting, ev'rythang, ev'ythang, ev'rything, ev'ythin', ev'ything, eve'ything, errythin,
• (eye dialect, Caribbean): everytin', everyting
• (eye dialect, Southern US): everytang
• (obsolete): evrything, evrythin

Etymology

every +? thing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?i???/
• Hyphenation: eve?ry?thing or ev?e?ry?thing

Pronoun

everything

1. (literally) All the things under discussion.

2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.

3. (colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

4. (colloquial) Considerable effort.

   It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.

5. (colloquial) The most important thing.

   I can't believe I made it in time - timing is everything!

Synonyms

• all

Antonyms

• nothing

Derived terms

• everything and the kitchen sink
• everything but the kitchen sink
• everything else
• everything under the sun
• if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• leave everything on the road
• talk about everything under the sun
• theory of everything
• timing is everything

Pages starting with “everything”.

Related terms

• anything
• every
• everybody
• everyone
• everywhere
• nothing
• something

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