anyplace

[ en-ee-pleys ]

/ ˈɛn iˌpleɪs /

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adverb

anywhere.

RELATED WORDS

anywhere, everywhere, wherever

Nearby words

Origin of anyplace

First recorded in 1915–20; any + place

Usage note

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.

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Examples from the Web for anyplace

That ‘anyplace past Concord’ faces the exact same set of issues.
New Hampshire Says ‘No’ to Interloper Scott Brown|David Freedlander|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The FDA said anyplace where 50 percent of square footage was devoted to preparing and serving food.
Up to a Point: In Defense of Lobbyists|P. J. O’Rourke|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no possible arrangement of coalitions other than the ones that exist now – because nobody has anyplace to go.
The Book Club is Updated|Noah Kristula-Green|July 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
But little is ideal in America or anyplace else, and heroism on the cheap is a defining aspect of our commercial culture.
MLK Statue Shows America’s Bad Side|Stanley Crouch|August 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The city has more than 140,000 hotel rooms—more than anyplace in the world—with an average daily rate of $114 a night.
Obama Craps Out in Las Vegas|Sally Denton|February 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
No one can take him anyplace he doesn't want to go, just as no one can hurt him in any way.
Black Eyes and the Daily Grind|Milton Lesser
Also that there are a lot of wooden nickels Upstairs—in orbit, on the Moon, anyplace.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun
"Three things Kentucky makes better than anyplace else," said Lincoln.
Shaman|Robert Shea
Did you know whether he had any friends from school or anyplace come to visit him, people his own age?
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Question is, if we're there, or anyplace else for that matter, why are we?
The Enormous Room|Horace Leonard Gold

British Dictionary definitions for anyplace

anyplace

/ (ˈɛnɪˌpleɪs) /

adverb

US and Canadian informal in, at, or to any unspecified place

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Word Origin and History for anyplace

anyplace

1911, from any + place.