• Anyone

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈɛn.iː.wÉ’n/
    • US IPA: /ˈæn.i.wÊŠn/, /ˈɛn.i.wÊŠn/

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    Origin

    any + one

    Full definition of anyone

    Pronoun

    anyone

    1. Any person; anybody.
      • George Bernard ShawThe liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
      • 2013-06-07, David Simpson, Fantasy of navigation, It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in the basket a balloon: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; .

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