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Middle English eny, from Old English Ã¦niÄ¡.

Full definition of any

To even the slightest extent, at all.I will not remain here any longer.If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

1934, Rex Stout, , 1992 edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 58:I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
do you have any biscuits?; do you have any food?; I haven't got any money; it won't do you any good

Bible, Matthew xi. 27No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 1, In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, …, and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 19, Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

1910, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price Chapter 1, This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
2013-07-20, Welcome to the plastisphere, Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.