Meaning

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

    He wasn't cooking, he wasn't sweeping, he wasn't anythinging!

    –I don't want to accompany him! –You never want to anything him!

Examples

14173 sentences
  1. I don't expect anything from you.

    Я нічого від тебе не очікую. — Qermit

    ruЯ ничего от тебя не жду. — marafon

    deIch erwarte nichts von dir. — MUIRIEL

  2. I will do anything for you.

    Я що завгодно для тебе зроблю. — deniko

    ruЯ сделаю для вас всё что угодно. — marafon

    deIch werde alles für euch tun. — MUIRIEL

  3. Do you have anything to eat?

    У вас є щось поїсти? — deniko

    ruУ тебя найдётся что-нибудь поесть? — marafon

    deHast du etwas zu essen? — MUIRIEL

  4. Would you like to drink anything?

    Ви хочете щось випити? — Ahha

    ruВы бы хотели чего-нибудь выпить? — GranD

    deWillst du etwas zum Trinken? — MUIRIEL

  5. Can I do anything for you?

    Я можу щось для тебе зробити? — deniko

    ruМогу я что-нибудь для Вас сделать? — marafon

    deKann ich etwas für Sie tun? — Wolf

Origin

From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earl

From Middle English anything, enything, onything, from Late Old English aniþing, from earlier ǣniġ þing (literally “any thing”), equivalent to any + thing.

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Forms

anythings, anythinging, anythinged, anythinged
Base formanything · to anything
3rd person singularanythings
Present participleanythinging
Past simpleanythinged
Past participleanythinged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyanything
he, she, itanythings

Past simpleLesson

all personsanythinged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave anythinged
he, she, ithas anythinged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill anything

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • know anything about
  • anything else
  • say anything
  • to do anything
  • is there anything
  • done done anything
  • have anything to
  • eat anything
  • to say anything
  • doing doing anything
  • said said anything
  • anything about that

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
anything — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto