Used in a Sentence

anything

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for anything.

Editorial note

Others will show up/leave on time, but won't share anything and will leave very obfuscated code in place.

Examples14
Definitions3
Parts of speech3

Quick take

Someone or something of importance.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anything gathered in one view.

noun

Someone or something of importance.

adverb

In any way, any extent or any degree.

verb

(ambitransitive, colloquial) Used as a placeholder verb for any verb out of a set of related verbs.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anything.

noun

Someone or something of importance.

adverb

In any way, any extent or any degree.

verb

(ambitransitive, colloquial) Used as a placeholder verb for any verb out of a set of related verbs.

Example sentences

1

Others will show up/leave on time, but won't share anything and will leave very obfuscated code in place.

2

A newspaper can publish archives, but not do anything it likes with the influence of the front page.

3

All those minor things are easily fixable and they don't take away anything from the value you provide:) Congrats!

4

Yousif@AquaCloud.com Feel free to send a resume along with anything else you would like to share (portfolio, github, etc…).

5

TCP being awful at high bandwidth, and scientists not knowing how to use anything more efficient.

6

That's not evidence of Einstein saying anything, but of Perls appealing to authority.

7

Plenty of things try and tackle one or two of those but I've never seen anything address all three.

8

Not working for Microsoft, but generally big companies have a don't say anything policy except redirect the person querying something to public relations.

9

It certainly doesn't appear to be the case that America's federal administration has anything but sycophantic praise for everything that Silicon Valley does.

10

In fact, books don't teach anything if you are not ready to learn.

11

In that particular situation, I cannot imagine anything else that we could have done for her.

12

> If you're a programmer, you should be able to code anything, anywhere, with a bit of effort.

Quote examples

1

I have a suspicion that Terminus and buckling spring / model-M keyboard use correlate, as a "will not accept anything but the absolute best" attitude.

2

We also run fortnightly "innovation days", where everyone has complete freedom to work on anything that interests them, from contributing to open-source projects, learning a new skill, or improving our internal tools and processes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use anything in a sentence?

Others will show up/leave on time, but won't share anything and will leave very obfuscated code in place.

What does anything mean?

Someone or something of importance.

What part of speech is anything?

anything is commonly used as noun, adverb, verb.