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anyone

[ en-ee-wuhn, -wuhn ]

pronoun

  1. any person at all; anybody:

    Did anyone see the accident?



anyone

/ ˈɛnɪˌwʌn; -wən /

pronoun

  1. any person; anybody
  2. used with a negative or a question a person of any importance

    is he anyone in this town?

  3. often preceded by just any person at random; no matter who
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Spelling Note

Anyone as a pronoun meaning “anybody” or “any person at all” is written as one word: Does anyone have the correct time? The two-word phrase any one means “any single member of a group of persons or things” and is often followed by of: Can any one of the members type? Any one of these books is exciting reading. Anyone is somewhat more formal than anybody.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anyone1

First recorded in 1350–1400, anyone is from Middle English ani on. See any, one
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Example Sentences

The scene was heavily cordoned off to traffic and anyone not with the police, press, or residents.

At the same time anyone could carry anything—even drugs—easily.

The injunction, she argued, only applies to these four plaintiffs—not to anyone else.

Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.

Liberals distrust business and anyone with power—better to tell them exactly what to do.

But just wishing never made anyone larger or taller, not even a pig, and Squinty stayed the same size.

"Never better pleased to see anyone in my life," said Blair, nearly shaking Lawrence's arm off.

Nor is there anyone of that order who talks of going back to those kingdoms without the most urgent reason making it necessary.

In all my life I had never seen a handsomer man, and I don't suppose anyone else there had either.

If Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.

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