anyplace

[en-ee-pleys]

adverb

1. anywhere.

anyplace

/ ˈɛnɪˌpleɪs /

adverb

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

Spelling 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of anyplace¹

First recorded in 1915–20; any + place

Example Sentences

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

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"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.

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Spacey concluded his message by saying he was happy to have a "conversation" with Pearce "anytime, anyplace".

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“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.”

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“It’s really quite something to challenge your opponent to a debate anytime, anywhere, anyplace while you're standing behind barricades at a mandatory court appearance for your criminal trial.”

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