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Pronunciation
- /ˌæ.niˈmɔːɹ/ (Ireland)
- /ˌɛ.niˈmɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɛ.niˈmɔɹ/ (General-American)
- /ˌɛ.niˈmo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- (US) audio
- /ˌɛ.niˈmoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
- /ˌæ.niˈmoːɹ/ (Ireland)
Meanings
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(in negative or interrogative constructions, not-comparable) From a given time onwards; longer, again.
They don't make repairable radios any more.
Sonny came round to childsit today. (Not babysit. I’m not a baby any more – thank you very much!)
2005 June 30, Malorie Blackman, “Callie Rose is 11”, in Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses; 3), London: Corgi Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 174:
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(not-comparable, rhetoric, with even) at this point (expressing exacerbation in the face of the futility of a situation)
What are we even doing any more.
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(Northern-Ireland, US, colloquial, in positive constructions, not-comparable) Now, from now on.
He's no longer the wholesome Chamber of Commerce bigshot we used to know in the olden days, Doc, he's bad shit any more
2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 268:‘Quite absurd,’ he said. ‘Suffering bores me, any more.’
1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Women in Love:I eat fish any more.
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, more.
My Lord, I deſire that if the Priſoner have any more Queſtions to ask me he may do it, becauſe the Croud is great, and I would go out.
1681 June 19 (Gregorian calendar), [Titus] Oates, quotee, “[…] Edward Fitz-Harris Was Brought to the Barr of the Court of Kings-Bench; and the Court Being Sate, Proceeded Thus.”, in The Tryal and Condemnation of Edw. Fitz-Harris, […]. As Also the Tryal and Condemnation of Dʳ Oliver Plunket, […], London: […] Francis Tyton, and Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, page 28:Oxfordshire County Council said it would not implement any more LTNs without consulting residents.
2021 June 19, “Hundreds protest over Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhoods”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2021:I DIDN’T set out to be a madam any more than Arthur Michael Ramsey, when he was a kid, set out to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Things just happened to both of us, I guess.
1966, Sally Stanford, “Prologue”, in The Lady of the House: The Autobiography of Sally Stanford, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, page 9:Alice doesn't like Braque any more than she likes Picasso.
(as determiner or pronoun) I can't see any more people arriving; I don't think any more (of them) want to come.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anymore | US, alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
any longer · anymore · henceforward · at this moment in time · any more · nowadays · nowadays · no longer · going forward · going forward · at present · any more · henceforth · right now · anymore · moving forward · these days · currently · as of now · from now on · henceforwards · now · presently · just now · in the future · no more · at the moment · atm · in future · at the minute · hereafter
Translations (41)
se šat (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ga feasta (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ba башҡа (in negative or interrogative constructions) · nl meer (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ro mai (in negative or interrogative constructions) · el άλλο (in negative or interrogative constructions) · fr plus (in negative or interrogative constructions) · sv längre (in negative or interrogative constructions) · sk už nie (in negative or interrogative constructions) · pt mais (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ca més (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ca per més temps (in negative or interrogative constructions) · de nicht mehr (in negative or interrogative constructions) · hy էլ (in negative or interrogative constructions) · izh enemp (in negative or interrogative constructions) · sk už viac (nie) (in negative or interrogative constructions) · it più (in negative or interrogative constructions) · fi enää (in negative or interrogative constructions) · nl langer (in negative or interrogative constructions) · no lenger (in negative or interrogative constructions) · es ya... (más) (in negative or interrogative constructions) · hu már (in negative or interrogative constructions) · tr artık (in negative or interrogative constructions) · pl już (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ba бүтән (in negative or interrogative constructions) · hu többé (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ga a thuilleadh (in negative or interrogative constructions) · la iam (in negative or interrogative constructions) · uk бі́льше (in negative or interrogative constructions) · hu még (in negative or interrogative constructions) · hy այլևս (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ru бо́льше (in negative or interrogative constructions) · az daha (in negative or interrogative constructions) · uk вже ні (in negative or interrogative constructions) · ga níos mó (in negative or interrogative constructions) · izh enempää (in negative or interrogative constructions) · io pluse (in negative or interrogative constructions) · izh ennää (in negative or interrogative constructions) · kmr êdî (in negative or interrogative constructions) · et enam (in negative or interrogative constructions) · cs už (in negative or interrogative constructions)