(AmE also anyplace) adverb
1 used in negative sentences and in questions instead of somewhere:
I can't see it anywhere. * Did you go anywhere interesting? * Many of these animals are not found anywhere else. * He's never been anywhere outside Britain.
HELPNOTE The difference between anywhere and somewhere is the same as the difference between any and some. Look at the notes there.
2 in, at or to any place, when it does not matter where:
Put the box down anywhere. * An accident can happen anywhere.
anywhere pronoun:
I don't have anywhere to stay. * Do you know anywhere I can buy a second-hand computer?
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for anywhere is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does anywhere appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — anywhere appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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