ANYMORE


Meaning of ANYMORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌe-nē-ˈmȯr ]

adverb

Date: 14th century

1. : any longer

I was not moving anymore with my feet — Anaïs Nin

2. : at the present time : now

hardly a day passes without rain anymore

Usage:

Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in the 20th century anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative

no one can be natural anymore — May Sarton

interrogative

do you read much anymore ?

and conditional

if you do that anymore, I'll leave

contexts and in certain positive constructions

the Washingtonian is too sophisticated to believe anymore in solutions — Russell Baker

In many regions of the United States the use of anymore in sense 2 is quite common in positive constructions, especially in speech

everybody's cool anymore — Bill White

every time we leave the house anymore, I play a game called “Stump the Housebreaker” — Erma Bombeck

The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the United States except New England.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.