Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anyone

/ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.38 in modern English

Syllables: any-one
IPA: /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Any person; anybody.

Example Sentences

"Almost anyone can change a light bulb."
"The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else."
"“[…] Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm straight, but this time I had six thousand quid at stake. […] I laid 'em long odds because it wasn't in the nature of things that Wynbolt could beat all of them champs. Then—then he smashed one after another, until I got windy—nervous as you might say. […]”"
"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […]."

Etymology

From Middle English eny on, ony one. By surface analysis, any + one.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: eny on

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/

Inflected Forms

any one (alternative, archaic)

Phrases

no one

Frequently Paired Words

anything anywhere everybody everyone nobody no one somebody someone

Synonyms

anybody

Questions

How do you pronounce anyone?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛ.ni.wʌn/.
What does anyone mean?: Any person; anybody.
Where does anyone come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce anyone

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