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anything
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n.i.???/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /?æ.ni.???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??.n?.???/, /??.ni.???/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /??.n?.???/
- Hyphenation: an?y?thing
Etymology 1
From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ?ni? þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any +? thing.
Pronoun
anything
- Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
- Synonym: aught
- (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
anything (plural anythings)
- Someone or something of importance.
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English anything, enything, onything, onythynge, from Old English ?ni?e þinga, ?n?i þinga (literally “by any of things”), from ?ni?e, instrumental form of ?ni? (“any”) + þinga, genitive plural of þing (“thing”).
Adverb
anything (not comparable)
- In any way, any extent or any degree.
- That isn't anything like a car.
- She's not anything like as strong as me.
References
- anything in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Thingyan
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works
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??ks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?ks/
- Rhymes: -??(r)ks
Noun
works
- plural of work in its countable senses
Noun
works pl (plural only)
- A mechanism or machine; the means by which something happens.
- A factory or factories, or similar collection(s) of buildings.
- (with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
- (with "the") Drastic treatment; abuse; the axe (dismissal).
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
works
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of work
See also
- all the way
- in the works
- the whole nine yards
- the whole shebang
- the whole shop
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