ANYWHERE


Meaning of ANYWHERE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

You use ~ in statements with negative meaning to indicate that a place does not exist.

I haven’t got ~ to live...

There had never been such a beautiful woman ~ in the world.

ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, oft ADV cl/group

2.

You use ~ in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about a place without saying exactly where you mean.

Did you try to get help from ~?...

If she wanted to go ~ at all she had to wait for her father to drive her.

ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, from ADV, oft ADV cl/group

3.

You use ~ before words that indicate the kind of place you are talking about.

He’ll meet you ~ you want...

Let us know if you come across ~ that has something special to offer.

= anyplace

ADV: ADV cl/group

4.

You use ~ to refer to a place when you are emphasizing that it could be any of a large number of places.

Rachel would have known Julia Stone ~.

...jokes that are so funny they always work ~.

ADV: ADV after v, be ADV emphasis

5.

When you do not want to be exact, you use ~ to refer to a particular range of things.

His shoes cost ~ from $200 up...

My visits lasted ~ from three weeks to two months.

ADV: ADV from/to n, ADV between pl-n, ADV up

6.

You use ~ in expressions such as ~ near and ~ close to to emphasize a statement that you are making.

There weren’t ~ near enough empty boxes...

ADV: ADV adj/adv emphasis

7.

If you say that someone or something is not getting ~ or is not going ~, you mean that they are not making progress or achieving a satisfactory result.

The conversation did not seem to be getting ~...

PHRASE: V inflects

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