anything

emphasis You can say that you would not do something for anything to emphasize that you definitely would not want to do or be a particular thing. I wouldn't want to move for anything in the world

Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything

vagueness You can add or anything to the end of a clause or sentence in order to refer vaguely to other things that are or may be similar to what has just been mentioned. Listen, if you talk to him or anything make sure you let us know, will you

When you do not want to be exact, you use anything to talk about a particular range of things or quantities. Factory farming has turned the cow into a milk machine, producing anything from 25 to 40 litres of milk per day

You can use anything before words which indicate the kind of thing you are talking about. More than anything else, he wanted to become a teacher Anything that's cheap this year will be even cheaper next year

You use anything in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about whether something is present or happening. What happened, is anything wrong? Did you find anything? Is there anything you can do to help?

Expressing an indefinite comparison;-with as or like

emphasis You use anything to emphasize a possible thing, event, or situation, when you are saying that it could be any one of a very large number of things. He is young, fresh, and ready for anything At that point, anything could happen

emphasis You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case. There's no evidence that he told anyone to say anything but the truth

You use if anything, especially after a negative statement, to introduce a statement that adds to what you have just said. I never had to clean up after him. If anything, he did most of the cleaning

pron. something; everything; some object, any object

You use anything in statements with negative meaning to indicate in a general way that nothing is present or that an action or event does not or cannot happen. We can't do anything She couldn't see or hear anything at all By the time I get home, I'm too tired to do anything active

a thing of any kind; "do you have anything to declare?

emphasis You use anything in expressions such as anything near, anything close to and anything like to emphasize a statement that you are making. Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation

shit

{n} aught

owt

anything else

Any other thing

I don't want anything else.

anything goes

There are no rules or restrictions

My way, your way, anything goes tonight!.

anything but

everything except for, anything with the exception of

anything else?

anything more?, something else?

anything goes

everything goes, everything is accepted

anything might happen

anything is possible, anything could be

Anything.

nothing

I didn't see nothing. .

I know nothing about him. - I don't know anything about him.

He eats nothing more than fruit. - He doesn't eat anything except fruit.

anything.

oot

don't do anything I wouldn't do

A phrase, often used jocularly, to give vague advice upon parting

if anything

Indicates that the only deviation from normal or expected is what follows, and not the deviation previously mentioned

Do you think she's fat? ―Oh, no. If anything, she's skinny..

not much of anything

Very little; not a lot

One more song about movin’ along the highway / Can’t say much of anything that's new.

not that there's anything wrong with that

A signal phrase that one does not wish to offend when discussing a potentially contentious issue involving personal beliefs

if anything

Used to suggest tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied):

be anything to go by

The idiomatic phrase “if that’s anything to go by”, means that something is taken as an example, an indication or even as evidence or proof of something

if anything