What kind of word is any

Any is a determiner and a pronoun.

Any is a determiner and a pronoun.

Is any an adjective?

Examples of any in a Sentence
Adjective any person who comes in the store today is eligible for the discount Adverb The food there is never any good. He won’t be any happier there than he was here. I could not walk any farther. I can’t eat any more pizza.

What determiner is any?

The words some and any are determiners. They are used to modify nouns. Some and any can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. They show an indefinite quantity or number.

What is any adverb?

any. adverb. adverb. /ˈɛni/ 1used to emphasize an adjective or adverb in negative sentences or questions, meaning “at all” He wasn’t any good at French.

Are there any or is there any?

It all depends on the nominative you’re asking about. If it’s singular, use “is.” If plural, use “are.” IS there any reason (singular) vs. ARE the any people (plural).

Is any other one word?

Definition of any other
1 —used to refer to a person or thing that is not particular or specific but is not the one named or referred to Any other day but tomorrow would be okay. There weren’t any other children for us to play with.

What does any of mean?

Both ‘any of the five methods’ and ‘any of the methods’ mean ‘one or more of the methods, up to and including all of them‘. Any refers to one, several or all of a total number. Any (Cambridge Dictionary)

Is any a plural or singular?

“Any” can be singular or plural when you use it as a pronoun, depending on whether it refers to a countable noun (like “book” or “books”) or an uncountable noun (like “water”). “Any” is singular when it modifies singular countable nouns, and it becomes plural when used with plural countable nouns.

Is any singular or plural or both?

Any is normally used with plural and uncountable nouns in questions, negative and conditional sentences: Do we have any beer? ~ Yes, we do.

How do you use the word any?

How to Use ANY in English

1. We use ‘any’ in negative sentences (with doesn’t, don’t, didn’t, etc.)
2. “He never says anything.”
3. “We didn’t stop anywhere.”
4. “They did it without any difficulty.”
5. “She refused to give him any attention.”
6. We also use ‘any’ in most questions, and often with ‘if’.
7. “Did anyone understand this?”

Where we use any?

The general rule is that any is used for questions and negatives while some is used for positive. Both may be used with countable and uncountable nouns. Do we need any rice? No, we don’t need any rice.

Was any or were any?

Use ‘was’ for singulars and uncountables; use ‘were’ for plurals, just as always: He was still waiting for some coffee, if there was any at all.

Is it anyone or any one?

When it means “anybody,” “anyone” is spelled as a single word: “anyone can enter the drawing.” But when it means “any single one,” “any one” is spelled as two words: “any one of the tickets may win.”

Does any mean all?

PLAIN LANGUAGE
‘ Any’ means ,every,’ ‘each one of all. “‘ “any” in an agency contract meant “all.”

Is everyone all one word?

Every One. Everyone (one word) should be used when referring to all the people within a group. Every one (two words) should be used when referring to each individual member of a group.

Is some a word?

What type of word is ‘some’? Some can be a pronoun, an adverb or a determiner – Word Type.

Do it by all means?

You can say ‘by all means’ to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something. [formulae] ‘Can I come and have a look at your house?’ —’Yes by all means’. Synonyms: certainly, surely, of course, definitely More Synonyms of by all means.

Is any adjective of quantity?

In the above sentences, so, many, very, enough and most words are adjective of quantity as they are showing the amount of noun.Sometimes, some of the indefinite numeral adjectives are considered as adjectives of quantity.

Is any contest or plural?

The noun contest can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be contest. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be contests e.g. in reference to various types of contests or a collection of contests.

What to use after any?

As an adjective, any is most commonly followed by plural or uncountable nouns:

• In questions: Do you have any tomatoes for sale? ( plural noun)
• In negative statements: I don’t have any books by that author. ( plural noun)
• In conditional statements: If your final draft contains any errors, it will be rejected. (

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

English Anyin

Symbol[edit]

any

1. (international standards) language code for Anyin.

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• anie (obsolete)
• anny (pronunciation spelling)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“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[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/, (obsolete, dialectal and historical) /ˈæni/
• (Ireland, Newfoundland) IPA^(key): /ˈæni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛni/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɪni/
• Rhymes: -ɛni, -æni
• (US) Homophone: innie (pin-pen)
• (Ireland, Newfoundland, UK obsolete) Homophone: Annie

Adverb[edit]

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.

   • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 104:

     ‘That wouldn’t surprise me any.’

Translations[edit]

Determiner[edit]

any

1. (chiefly in the negative) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

   Do you have any biscuits?

   Do you have any food?

   I haven’t got any money.

   It won’t do you any good.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman’s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

2. No matter what kind.

   Choose any items you want.

   Any person may apply.

   Press any key to continue.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• some
• anny

Pronoun[edit]

any

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

   Any may apply.

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

• any at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams[edit]

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

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaɲ/
• Rhymes: -aɲ

Noun[edit]

any m (plural anys)

1. year

   un home de 26 anys

   a 26-year-old man

   Quants anys tens?

   How old are you?

Derived terms[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

• “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “any” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Determiner[edit]

any

1. Alternative form of ani

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

any

1. Alternative form of anoy

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

any

1. Alternative form of anoyen

Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈnɨ/

Noun[edit]

any

1. Alternative form of anũ

Descendants[edit]

• Portuguese: ani
  • English: ani

References[edit]

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

Yola[edit]

Adjective[edit]

any

1. Alternative form of aany

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:

     Yith w’had any lhuck, oor naame wode b’ zung.

     If we had any luck, our name would have been sung.

References[edit]

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 86