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anyone en · PRON

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛ.niˌwʌn/
• (US) audio
• /ˈæ.niˌwʌn/
• /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English eny on, ony one. By surface analysis, any + one.

Meanings

1. Any person; anybody.
   • Almost anyone can change a light bulb.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • “[…] 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:

Forms

Relateds

everyone · no one · anywhere · somebody · anything · someone · everybody · nobody

Synonyms

anybody

Translations (116)

tl sinuman (anybody) · ckb ھەرچیکەس (anybody) · ckb کەس (anybody) · de irgendwer (anybody) · jje 아모 (anybody) · pt quaisquer (anybody) · es alguien (anybody) · es cualquiera (anybody) · hy ամեն մեկը (anybody) · sl kdorkoli (anybody) · eo iu (anybody) · zdj mdzima (anybody) · uk будь-яки́й (anybody) · mhr кӧ (anybody) · la ūllus (anybody) · ru никто́ (anybody) · pt alguma (anybody) · ang man (anybody) · be абы-хто́ (anybody) · et igaüks (anybody) · ms sesiapa (anybody) · es cualquier hijo de vecino (anybody) · no noen (anybody) · be хто-не́будзь (anybody) · ka ვინმე (anybody) · ary أي واحد (anybody) · hu akárki (anybody) · es quien (anybody) · sq cilido (anybody) · ca ningú (anybody) · no hvem som helst (anybody) · sv någon (anybody) · de irgendjemand (anybody) · pt alguém (anybody) · bg ня́кой (anybody) · sh bilotko (anybody) · ru любо́й (anybody) · fr quelqu'une (anybody) · ca algú (anybody) · swb ata mutru (anybody) · te ఎవరైనా (anybody) · ka ნებისმიერი (anybody) · ang hwā (anybody) · fi ketään (anybody) · tl balana (anybody) · da nogen (anybody) · uk будь-хто (anybody) · de wer (anybody) · ru вся́кий (anybody) · fi joku (anybody) · ccc ana'shanaye (anybody) · ca tothom (anybody) · ru кто́-либо (anybody) · pt qualquer (anybody) · da hvemsomhelst (anybody) · ko 아무 (anybody) · ru кто уго́дно (anybody) · nl wie dan ook (anybody) · sh tkogod (anybody) · he מישהו (anybody) · cs kdokoliv (anybody) · fr personne (anybody) · nl iemand (anybody) · hu bárki (anybody) · pam ninuman (anybody) · io irgu (anybody) · et keegi (anybody) · fr n'importe qui (anybody) · bg ко́йто и да е (anybody) · ary أي حد (anybody) · ckb ھەرکەس (anybody) · pl kto bądź (anybody) · uk хто-не́будь (anybody) · cmn 何人 (anybody) · ka ვიღაც (anybody) · ja 誰も 誰でも (anybody) · de jemand (anybody) · es cada hijo de vecino (anybody) · vi người ta (anybody) · ga aon duine (anybody) · bg все́ки (anybody) · eo iu ajn (anybody) · zdj mndru (anybody) · sh itko (anybody) · pt qualquer um (anybody) · be ніхто́ (anybody) · pl ktokolwiek (anybody) · sq kushdo (anybody) · fa کسی (anybody) · ms سياڤا٢ (anybody) · ang ǣniġ mann (anybody) · gd duine sam bith (anybody) · yo ẹnikẹ́ni (anybody) · ru кто́-нибу́дь (anybody) · fr quelqu'un (anybody) · vi ai (anybody) · fi kuka tahansa (anybody) · is einhver (anybody) · he אף אחד (anybody) · ms siapa-siapa (anybody) · hy որևէ մեկը (anybody) · no enhver (anybody) · ca qualsevol (anybody) · pam ninumo (anybody) · nl eenieder (anybody) · mr कोणीही (anybody) · la quisquam (anybody) · pl byle kto (anybody) · it chiunque (anybody) · ms سسياڤا (anybody) · eu edonor (anybody) · sv vem som helst (anybody) · ro oricine (anybody) · fy immen (anybody) · uk ніхто́ (anybody) · ru кто бы то ни́ было (anybody)