Anyone Meaning
/ˈɛ.niˌwʌn/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
pronAny person; anybody.
Sentence Examples
If the world weren't in the shape it is now, I could trust anyone.
It's not something anyone can do.
Anyone willing to assist can contact this number.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Is ____ willing to volunteer for the cleanup this Saturday?
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Has ____ seen my car keys? I can't find them anywhere in the house.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English eny on, ony one. By surface analysis, any + one.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else."
— 1891, George Bernard Shaw, Quintessence of Ibsenism:
"“[…] Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm straight, but this time I had six thousand quid at stake. […] I laid 'em long odds because it wasn't in the nature of things that Wynbolt could beat all of them champs. Then—then he smashed one after another, until I got windy—nervous as you might say. […]”"
— 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 8, in Death on the Centre Court:
"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]."
— 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Is ____ willing to volunteer for the cleanup this Saturday?
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Has ____ seen my car keys? I can't find them anywhere in the house.