anywhere

[en-ee-hwair, -wair]

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adverb

in, at, or to any place.
to any extent; to some degree: Does my answer come anywhere near the right one?

noun

any place or direction: They knew the attack could come from anywhere.

Idioms

get anywhere, to achieve success: You'll never get anywhere with that attitude!

Origin of anywhere

1350–1400; Middle English anywher(e), aniquar. See any, where

Usage note

See anyplace.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for anywhere

Contemporary Examples

As it stands, I do not believe we are anywhere close to meeting that standard.
No, North Korea Didn’t Hack Sony
Marc Rogers
December 24, 2014
“No one else anywhere has had this much experience dealing with couples,” explained R.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau
Ian Frisch
December 20, 2014
Things don't usually move that quickly at Universal, or anywhere else.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
David Freeman
December 13, 2014
In fact, beer prices in Panama are about 36 percent lower than anywhere else in Latin America.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama
Jeff Campagna
November 30, 2014
Today, a zero-day exploit can sell for anywhere from $1,000 to $1 million.
How Obama Endangered Us All With Stuxnet
Kim Zetter
November 13, 2014

Historical Examples

I'm to be in your office in the mornings, Dr. Wilson, and anywhere I am needed in the afternoons.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
That white hair would brand Marian anywhere as an old woman.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter
Tip got on better at home than anywhere else; he had not so many temptations.
Tip Lewis and His Lamp
Pansy
It was good to be there, he told them, only as it was good to be anywhere else, in the spirit of God.
Meadow Grass
Alice Brown
"There's hardly a root of it anywhere around close," she said to herself.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for anywhere

anywhere

adverb

in, at, or to any place
get anywhere to be successfulit took three years before he got anywhere
anywhere from any quantity, time, degree, etc, above a specified limithe could be anywhere from 40 to 50 years old

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for anywhere

adv.

late 14c., from any + where. Earlier words in this sense were owhere, oughwhere, aywhere, literally "aught where" (see aught (1)).

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Usage note

Examples from the Web for anywhere

Contemporary Examples

As it stands, I do not believe we are anywhere close to meeting that standard.

“No one else anywhere has had this much experience dealing with couples,” explained R.

Things don't usually move that quickly at Universal, or anywhere else.

In fact, beer prices in Panama are about 36 percent lower than anywhere else in Latin America.

Today, a zero-day exploit can sell for anywhere from $1,000 to $1 million.

Historical Examples

I'm to be in your office in the mornings, Dr. Wilson, and anywhere I am needed in the afternoons.

That white hair would brand Marian anywhere as an old woman.

Tip got on better at home than anywhere else; he had not so many temptations.

It was good to be there, he told them, only as it was good to be anywhere else, in the spirit of God.

"There's hardly a root of it anywhere around close," she said to herself.

anywhere

Word Origin and History for anywhere

adv.

Origin of anywhere