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31any — Some; one out of many; an indefinite number. One indiscriminately of whatever kind or quantity. Federal Deposit Ins. Corporation v. Winton, C.C.A.Tenn., 131 F.2d 780, 782. One or some (indefinitely). Slegel v. Slegel, 135 N.J.Eq. 5, 37 A.2d 57,… …
32any — 1. adverb /ˈɛnɪ,ˈɛni,ˈæni/ To even the slightest extent, at all. I will not remain here any longer. 2. pronoun /ˈɛnɪ,ˈɛni,ˈæni/ Any thing(s) or person(s). Any may apply …
33any — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. & pron. some. See generality, quantity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without discrimination] Syn. either, whatever, whichever, a, an, one, any sort, any kind, any one, in general, each, one or more,… …
34any — [OE] Any is descended from a prehistoric Germanic compound meaning literally ‘one y’ (a formation duplicated in unique, whose Latin source ūnicus was compounded of ūnus ‘one’ and the adjective suffix icus). Germanic *ainigaz was formed from *ain… …
35any — A tricky word at times, as here: This paper isn’t very good, but neither is any of the others. A simple and useful principle is to make the verb always correspond to the complement. Thus: neither is any other or neither are any of the others …
36any — A tricky word at times, even for the experts: ◘ This paper isn t very good, but neither is any of the others in this miserable subject (Philip Howard, The State of the Language). A simple and useful principle is always to make the verb… …
37any — A flexible word. In its broad, distributive sense, the sense in which the word is frequently used, it may have the meaning of all, every, or each one of all. Its meaning is often restrained, limited, or influenced by the subject matter or manner… …
38any — [OE] Any is descended from a prehistoric Germanic compound meaning literally ‘one y’ (a formation duplicated in unique, whose Latin source ūnicus was compounded of ūnus ‘one’ and the adjective suffix icus). Germanic *ainigaz was formed from *ain… …
39any — See: HARDLY ANY or SCARCELY ANY …
40any — See: HARDLY ANY or SCARCELY ANY …
