anyplace

American  

[en-ee-pleys] / ˈɛn iˌpleɪs /

adverb

1. anywhere.

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anyplace British  

/ ˈɛnɪˌpleɪs /

adverb

1. informal in, at, or to any unspecified place

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The adverb anyplace is most often written as one word: Anyplace you look there are ruins. It occurs mainly in informal speech and only occasionally in writing. Anywhere is by far the more common form in formal speech and edited writing. The same holds true, respectively, of the adverbial pairs everyplace and everywhere; noplace and nowhere; and someplace and somewhere. The two-word noun phrases any place, every place, no place, and some place occur, however, in all contexts: We can build the house in any place we choose. There's no place like home.

Etymology

Origin of anyplace

First recorded in 1915–20; any + place

Example Sentences

"Focus on getting a seat to anyplace from which you can then continue travel to DC, but the first priority will be getting expeditiously out of country," he was quoted as writing.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

“You won’t get anyplace till you stop thinking about it. Come on. Snap out of it!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

"Yes, he is one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world, but my motto is anyone, anytime, anyplace, against all odds," Paul wrote on X, external.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“I’d really hoped that she would come, because we can’t get enough of hearing her beautiful laugh. She laughs like crazy. We would recognize it anyplace in this room.”

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2024

I begged Anatole to get me out to anyplace where I wouldn’t be a danger to others, but he wouldn’t send me alone.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver