"anything" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ [Ireland], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-Australian], /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Canada], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-anything.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English anything, enything, onything, onythynge, from Old English ǣniġe þinga, ǣnġi þinga (literally “by any of things”), from ǣniġe, instrumental form of ǣniġ (“any”) + þinga, genitive plural of þing (“thing”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|anything}} Middle English anything, {{inh|en|ang|ǣniġe þinga}} Old English ǣniġe þinga Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} anything (not comparable)
  1. In any way, any extent or any degree. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-anything-en-adv-bDa1jLeD Categories (other): English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 13 31 30 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: any thing [obsolete]
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ [Ireland], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-Australian], /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Canada], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-anything.ogg Forms: anythings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|anything}} Middle English anything, {{inh|en|ang|aniþing}} Old English aniþing, {{af|en|any|thing}} any + thing Head templates: {{en-noun}} anything (plural anythings)
  1. Someone or something of importance. Related terms: anybody, anyone, anywhere, everything, nothing, something, thing Translations (someone or something): mikä tahansa (Finnish), οτιδήποτε (otidípote) (Greek), makjo (Guerrero Amuzgo), 何でも (nandemo) (Japanese), quisquam (Latin), kwalunkwe ħaġa (Maltese), qualquer coisa [feminine] (Portuguese), cineva (Romanian), ceva (Romanian), dad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), càil [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), karkoli [neuter] (Slovene), något (Swedish), vad som helst (Swedish), vilken som helst (Swedish), vilket som helst (alt: 1) (Swedish), עפּעס (epes) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-anything-en-noun-yCT1FHYT Categories (other): English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 13 31 30 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: any thing [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ [Ireland], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-Australian], /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Canada], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-anything.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|anything}} Middle English anything, {{inh|en|ang|aniþing}} Old English aniþing, {{af|en|any|thing}} any + thing Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} anything, {{en-pron}} anything
  1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatsoever; a thing of any kind; something or other. Synonyms: aught Translations (any thing of any kind): enigiets (Afrikaans), أَيُّ شَيْءٍ (ʔayyu šayʔin) (Arabic), أي حاجة (ʔayy ḥāja) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), што-не́будзь (što-njébudzʹ) (Belarusian), нішто́ (ništó) [with-negation] (Belarusian), нещо (nešto) (Bulgarian), каквото и да е (kakvoto i da e) (Bulgarian), qualsevol cosa (Catalan), alguna cosa (Catalan), quelcom (Catalan), tot (Catalan), res [with-negation] (Catalan), re (Catalan), ھیچ (hîç) (Central Kurdish), anaskajneye (Chamicuro), ᎦᎱᏍᏗ (gahusdi) (Cherokee), 什麼 (Chinese Mandarin), 什么 (shénme) (Chinese Mandarin), cokoliv (Czech), iets (Dutch), alles (Dutch), wat dan ook (Dutch), io ajn (Esperanto), mikä (Finnish), mikä tahansa (Finnish), n’importe quoi (French), rien [with-negation] (French), calquera cousa (Galician), ნებისმიერი რამ (nebismieri ram) (Georgian), irgendetwas (German), irgendwas (German), 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽 (ainshun) (Gothic), οτιδήποτε (otidípote) [neuter] (Greek), ό,τι (ó,ti) (Greek), कुछ (kuch) (Hindi), akármi (Hungarian), bármi (Hungarian), irgo (Ido), apa pun (Indonesian), apa saja (Indonesian), aon rud (Irish), qualunque cosa (Italian), qualsiasi cosa (Italian), niente (Italian), 何でも (nandemo) (alt: なんでも) (Japanese), អី (ʼəy) (Khmer), 아무것도 (amugeot-do) (Korean), quidquam (Latin), било што (bilo što) (Macedonian), што било (što bilo) (Macedonian), што и да било (što i da bilo) (Macedonian), اڤ٢ [Jawi] (Malay), apa-apa [Rumi] (Malay), kwalunkwe ħaġa [feminine] (Maltese), nhee erbee (Manx), काहीही (kāhīhī) (Marathi), काही पण (kāhī paṇ) (Marathi), ndrongoo [with-negation] (Ngazidja Comorian), hvatvetna [neuter] (Old Norse), cokolwiek (english: 'whatever') [neuter] (Polish), byle co (english: 'whatever') [neuter] (Polish), coś (english: 'something' e.g. 'I have never done anything like that.') [neuter] (Polish), nic [neuter, with-negation] (Polish), wszystko (note: e.g. 'I would do anything for her.') [neuter] (Polish), qualquer coisa [feminine] (Portuguese), orice (Romanian), nimic (Romanian), всё, что уго́дно (vsjo, što ugódno) (Russian), всё (vsjo) (Russian), что уго́дно (što ugódno) (Russian), что́-нибудь (štó-nibudʹ) (Russian), rud sam bith (Scottish Gaelic), bilošto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bilo što [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), čokoľvek (Slovak), cualquier cosa (Spanish), kitu [class-7, with-negation] (Swahili), någonting (Swedish), vad som helst (Swedish), ఏమైనా (ēmainā) (Telugu), samting (Tok Pisin), що-не́будь (ščo-nébudʹ) (Ukrainian), ніщо́ (niščó) [with-negation] (Ukrainian), будь-що (budʹ-ščo) (Ukrainian), עפּעס (epes) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-anything-en-pron-KYtXoavr Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English compound determinatives, English entries with incorrect language header, English indefinite pronouns, English pronouns, English third person pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with American Sign Language translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Chamicuro translations, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, 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with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Tok Pisin translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 3 55 7 35 Disambiguation of English compound determinatives: 19 6 44 10 21 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 2 45 6 23 Disambiguation of English indefinite pronouns: 18 7 40 22 14 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 15 62 3 21 Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 13 31 30 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 62 4 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 4 49 12 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 2 54 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 8 67 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with American Sign Language translations: 3 67 2 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 4 68 6 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 4 68 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 68 7 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 4 70 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 1 89 1 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Chamicuro translations: 4 73 4 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 4 72 5 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 63 11 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 68 4 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 74 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 68 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 69 3 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 4 68 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 8 66 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 69 6 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 3 76 5 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 56 6 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Guerrero Amuzgo translations: 4 71 5 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 3 63 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 60 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 3 71 2 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 8 66 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 70 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 73 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 73 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 4 69 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 4 69 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 73 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 66 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 8 67 7 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 4 69 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 67 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 4 69 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 8 68 5 19 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translations: 1 92 1 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 69 7 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 4 71 5 20 Disambiguation of 'any thing of any kind': 100 0
  2. (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
    Sense id: en-anything-en-pron-ijkcOPmE Categories (other): English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 13 31 30 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: any thing [obsolete]

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈæn.i.θɪŋ/ [Ireland], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [General-Australian], /ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/ [Canada], /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/ [Canada] Audio: en-us-anything.ogg Forms: anythings [present, singular, third-person], anythinging [participle, present], anythinged [participle, past], anythinged [past]
Etymology: From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|anything}} Middle English anything, {{inh|en|ang|aniþing}} Old English aniþing, {{af|en|any|thing}} any + thing Head templates: {{en-verb}} anything (third-person singular simple present anythings, present participle anythinging, simple past and past participle anythinged)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) Used as a placeholder verb for any verb out of a set of related verbs. Tags: colloquial, intransitive, transitive Related terms: something [verb], everything [verb]
    Sense id: en-anything-en-verb-UWiMsu52 Categories (other): English third person pronouns Disambiguation of English third person pronouns: 14 13 31 30 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: any thing [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anything goes"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anythingism"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anything that moves"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "are you doing anything tomorrow"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "don't do anything I wouldn't do"
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          "text": "Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language […] his clerks […] understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.",
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          "ref": "1916, Edward S. Moffat, Go Forth and Find, pages 81–82:",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/",
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          "text": "–I don't want to accompany him! –You never want to anything him!\n–I don't want to accompany him! –You never want to do anything with/to him!",
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          "ref": "1849, Fanny Hervey Stirling, “Uncle George Declares Himself” (chapter IX), in Fanny Hervey; or, The Mother's Choice, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 112:",
          "text": "\" No, no,\" said he, quickly, \" I repudiate half compliments of all kinds. I will neither be half-uncled, half-respected, nor, in short, half-anythinged, by you. ' Out upon such half-faced fellowship !' I will either be something, or altogether nothing.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "1868, Legh Knight, chapter V, in Tonic Bitter, volume I, London: Chapman & Hall, page 80:",
          "text": "Papa and mamma beg to be very kindly remembered to you\" — I'm sure the two old savages wouldn't beg to be kindly anythinged, but it looks well that she should say so, doesn't it? But the end is the best.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Ann Packer, Songs Without Words, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 236:",
          "text": "“She isn't dating him.”\n“Oh. What would you call it? I don’t know what you'd call it.”\n“She isn’t anythinging him. She just likes him, and he likes her back. I—I lied earlier.”",
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          "ref": "2009, Richard Canning, Brif Lives: E..M. Forster, Hesperus Press, page 59:",
          "text": "I came inclined to be pleased and quite free from racial prejudices, but in 10 months I’ve acquired an instinctive dislike to the Arab voice, the Arab figure, the Arab way of looking or walking or pump shitting or eating or laughing or anythinging.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Julia Kent, chapter 4, in Complete We, page 90:",
          "text": "“Are you threatening me?” he asked, clearly amused. Any normal man would have backed down, but this guy was a piece of work.\n“We're not anythinging you,” Laura snapped.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛn.ɪ.θɪŋ/",
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    "Terms with Chamicuro translations",
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    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with Galician translations",
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      "word": "anythingarian"
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    {
      "word": "anything but"
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      "word": "anything else"
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    {
      "word": "anything goes"
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    {
      "word": "anythingism"
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      "word": "anything that moves"
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    {
      "word": "are you doing anything tomorrow"
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      "word": "as anything"
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    {
      "word": "ask me anything"
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      "word": "don't do anything I wouldn't do"
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      "word": "if anything"
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      "word": "like anything"
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      "word": "not much of anything"
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      "word": "not that there's anything wrong with that"
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      "word": "enigiets"
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      "roman": "što-njébudzʹ",
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      "word": "што-не́будзь"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "нещо"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kakvoto i da e",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "каквото и да е"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "qualsevol cosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "alguna cosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "quelcom"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "tot"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
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        "with-negation"
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      "word": "re"
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      "code": "ccc",
      "lang": "Chamicuro",
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      "word": "anaskajneye"
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "gahusdi",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "ᎦᎱᏍᏗ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "什麼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shénme",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "什么"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "cokoliv"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "iets"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "alles"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "wat dan ook"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "io ajn"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "mikä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "mikä tahansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "n’importe quoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
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      "word": "rien"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "calquera cousa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nebismieri ram",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "ნებისმიერი რამ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "irgendetwas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "irgendwas"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ainshun",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "otidípote",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "οτιδήποτε"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ó,ti",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "ό,τι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kuch",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "कुछ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "akármi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "bármi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "irgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "apa pun"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "apa saja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "aon rud"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "qualunque cosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "qualsiasi cosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "niente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なんでも",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nandemo",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "何でも"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼəy",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "អី"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amugeot-do",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "아무것도"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "hîç",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "ھیچ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "quidquam"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bilo što",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "било што"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "što bilo",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "што било"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "što i da bilo",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "што и да било"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "اڤ٢"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "apa-apa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kwalunkwe ħaġa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "nhee erbee"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kāhīhī",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "काहीही"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kāhī paṇ",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "काही पण"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "ndrongoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hvatvetna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "'whatever'",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cokolwiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "'whatever'",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "byle co"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "'something' e.g. 'I have never done anything like that.'",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "coś"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "with-negation"
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      "word": "nic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "e.g. 'I would do anything for her.'",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wszystko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "qualquer coisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "orice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "nimic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjo, što ugódno",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "всё, что уго́дно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjo",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "всё"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "što ugódno",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "что уго́дно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "štó-nibudʹ",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "что́-нибудь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "rud sam bith"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bilošto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bilo što"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "čokoľvek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "cualquier cosa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "kitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "någonting"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "vad som helst"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ēmainā",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "ఏమైనా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "samting"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ščo-nébudʹ",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "що-не́будь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "niščó",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "tags": [
        "with-negation"
      ],
      "word": "ніщо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "budʹ-ščo",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "будь-що"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "epes",
      "sense": "any thing of any kind",
      "word": "עפּעס"
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