Meaning of anything | Babel Free

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1. Someone or something of importance.
2. Any object, occurrence, or matter whatever.
3. To any degree or extent; at all: They aren't anything like last year's team.
4. Something or someone of importance: "You had to be something to start with, and Jeremy never was anything" (Anne Tyler).
5. By no means; not at all: I was anything but happy about going.
6. Anything is permissible or likely to be tolerated.
7. To an exceeding degree: We worked like anything to meet the deadline.
8. anything but, in no degree or respect; not in the least.
9. every. Any schoolboy could tell you the answer. enige أي واحِد، كُل واحِد всеки qualquer každý, kterýkoli jeder/jede/jedes enhver/en hvilken som helst οποιοσδήποτε, κάθεcualquier iga هر jokainen n'importe quelכל कोई भी bilo koji bármely(ik) siapa saja allir, hver, hvaða (sem er) qualsiasi どれでも 모든 bet kuris, kiekvienas ikviens; jebkurš mana-mana iederenhver, alle, hvilken som helstkażdy هر qualquer orice всякий, любой každý katerikoli, vsak svaki varenda ทุก ๆ her, herhagi bir 每一個 всякий, будь...
10. at all; (even) by a small amount. Is this book any better than the last one?; His writing hasn't improved any. enigsins أبداً изобщо um pouco vůbec, o nic; (o) trochu irgendwie noget (som helst) καθόλου en absoluto, para nada; algo pisutki, mitte sugugi اصلاً lainkaan du toutבכלל थोड़ा भी išta egyáltalán, semmivel, valamivel sedikit pun nokkuð un po'; per niente 少しは 다소나마 bent kiek kaut cik langsung enigermate det grann w ogóle اصلاُ um pouco deloc сколько-нибудь; ничуть o trochu; o nič sploh ...
11. nevertheless; in spite of what has been or might be said, done etc. My mother says I mustn't go but I'm going anyway; Anyway, she can't stop you. ewenwel بِأي حال، مَع ذلك въпреки всичко de qualquer modo stejně, beztak jedenfalls alligevel; uanset παρόλα αυτά, έτσι κι αλλιώς de todas formas, en cualquier caso niikuinii هرجا joka tapauksessa quand même, de toute façonבכל אופן कैसे भी bilo kako bilo mindenesetre tetap saja, bagaimanapun juga, namun demikian hvort eð er comunque; in ogni modo とに...
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Examples

“How long does it take to turn you actors into good anythings?”

“So we tried not to talk about first or second anythings until our meeting with the rabbi.”

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