anything meaning
EN
[ˈɛniθɪŋ] [ˈæniθɪŋ] [ˈɛnɪθɪŋ] 
US WAnything
- Anything may refer to:
- NounPLanythingsSUF-ing
- Someone or something of importance.
- How long does it take to turn you actors into good anythings?
- Someone or something of importance.
- Pronoun
- Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.
- I would not do it for anything.
- (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
- Perhaps it was this atmosphere of misplacedness and loneliness as much as anything which led her to speak to him one evening in early summer when the office had closed.
- Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.
- Adverb
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Parliamentary guidelines state that MPs should not use comcars for anything other than official parliamentary or committee business.
- We need to get the trees cleared out the way before anything can drive down this path.
- Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Anything can be weaponized. A big enough rock, dropped from a sufficient height, is a very good weapon.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- I think we should feel out your mom's thoughts about this before we decide anything.
- Please go over the reports to make sure we haven't missed anything.
- If he offers a very high price, see if you can talk him down before you agree to anything.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of anything in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Pronouns
- Third person pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
- Third person pronouns
- Adverbs
- en anythings
- en anythingism
- en anything but
- en anything else
- en anythingarian
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "anything" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, a third person pronoun and an indefinite pronoun.