any
one or some or every or all without specification
How often you will meet it
Rank 81 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 296,738 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.141% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- one or some or every or all without specification also: whatever, whatsoever give me any peaches you don't wantnot any milk is left
adverb
- to any degree or extent it isn't any better
any in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Nor did Dr. Grey volunteer any information.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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I marvel any little creature should be born On such a night.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Connolly was a mutt--couldn't take him--but Jack Emmett--there wasn't any reason to be seen for that.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Afterwards, when I knew him better, I understood his apparent unconcern of any suggestion counter to his own.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1