anywhere

[ en-ee-hwair, -wair ]

/ ˈɛn iˌʰwɛər, -ˌwɛər /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

anyplace, everywhere, wherever

Nearby words

anything goes, anything like, anytime, anyway, anyways, anywhere, anywheres, anywise, anz, anza, anzaas

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. 2019

Examples from the Web for anywhere

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|DAILY BEAST
“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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
Safest for him, after all, was to lay fast hold of the particularly unimportant person he was, both there and anywhere else.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
We might meet at Bath, at Tunbridge, or anywhere else indeed, could we but be at the same place together.
Love And Freindship And Other Early Works|Jane Austen
Mr. Hutchinson, they said, that song is a passport to you anywhere in the South.
Immortal Songs of Camp and Field|Louis Albert Banks
Why is it that any elephant, anywhere along the line, cannot start drinking, just as he or she pleases?
The Wonders of the Jungle|Prince Sarath Ghosh
Seems as if it ought to show most anywhere over a little, low town like this, but I don't see it.
Seeing France with Uncle John|Anne Warner

British Dictionary definitions for anywhere

anywhere

/ (ˈɛnɪˌwɛə) /

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

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