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anyone

an·y·one [ énnee wùn ] CORE MEANING: an indefinite pronoun used to mean one or more people, when exactly which person or which people is not known or not important

Can I get anyone more coffee?

Did anyone show up?

There isn't anyone home.

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Definition:

1. every person: any or every person who could be named or thought of

more qualified than anyone in the business

2. even one person: used to emphasize the unlikelihood of finding even one person to match a description or criteria

Why would anyone want to hurt me?

3. unimportant person: an unimportant and unknown person

It's not just anyone, it's your sister!

Word Usage


	anyone or any one? Anyone is somewhat more common than anybody (which has the same meaning). Anyone and anybody are used only of human beings after a negative or a question: Has anyone seen my pen? The words any and one are written separately when they mean any one particular person or thing: Any one of them could have started the fire.The tables are all free, so you can sit at any one you like.

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