anywhereadv.pron.

Brit.

/ˈɛnɪwɛː/, U.S.

/ˈɛniˌwɛr/

Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and where adv., conj., and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adj., where adv. and conj.

Etymology: < any adj. + where adv. and conj. Compare earlier owhere adv. Compare also nowhere adv., aywhere adv., otherwhere adv., etc.Formerly written as two words.

A. adv.

1. To any place. Frequently with go.

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3975 If he miht him aniquar ta, widuten pite he wild him sla.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. xiii He..neyther goeth any where to fette it, nor maketh any man come thyther to hym to bryng it.

1581 J. Maplet Diall Destiny f. 66^v The Adder..is so full of poyson y^t when she goeth any where to drinke, she is fayne to lay aside her poison till she returneth againe.

1646 W. C. Let. His Excellencies Quarters 2 Divers of the Officers and Souldiers refused Passes, saying, That they could goe any where without Passes.

1680 E. Settle Life & Death Major Clancie iii. 71 Father Guardian..seldome or never goes any where without him.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World 4 To go any where..that the Advantage of Trade or the Hopes of Purchase should guide us.

1779 J. Warner Let. 3 June in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 178 If my going to Milan, or going anywhere, would serve you, I would joyfully go directly.

1865 Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 174 The dog-sleds can go anywhere.

1954 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 Dec. 15/3 All Chinese students..are completely free to travel anywhere in the United States.

1987 A. Theroux Adultery (1997) 29 I rarely went anywhere without my..pocket filled with pencils and..brushes.

2007 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 104/2 A ‘hard’ currency that can be converted into U.S. dollars or euros and sent anywhere in the world.

2. In or at any place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere

owhereeOE

ouerwherea1400

anywhere1447

in nature1661

anywheres1775

anyplace1819

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 3232 (MED) The feyrest þat ony-where myht founnde be.

?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 86 (MED) Þis oynement is good..for þe festre, and for þe gowte enyquere.

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iv. f. 104 In all other quarters y^e corn was reaped down, & none standing any where saue in thys one place.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 131 The Prince I speake of, is a stirrer, and makes no stay any where.

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 20 The best we have any where seen.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 251 Let me sit down, Miss, anywhere..for I have been sadly off.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiv. 139 You'll do it at neighbour Jackson's, or any where.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 208 Anywhere except in the high streets of royal burghs.

1895 J. Fiske Let. 26 Oct. (1940) 646 They read my books here as much as anywhere.

1897 Scotsman 25 Mar. 7/5 This psychology..leaves no room for reality anywhere.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. i. 249 There isn't a more promising little show anywhere.

1951 D. Thomas Let. 16 Jan. (1987) 785 Together here, or anywhere,..we could be happy.

2006 Place in Sun May 142/1 Credit cards can be used to make cash withdrawals practically anywhere in the world.

3. At any point (in a specified range). Chiefly with from and to, specifying the limits of the range. Cf. anything pron. and n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at an indefinite time

uncertainly1683

anywhere1834

1834 Factories Inq. Comm.: Suppl. Rep. Employm. Children in Factories ii. C.1.302 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 167) XX. 1 The hands should begin to work, in the summer, anywhere from six to seven o'clock in the morning.

1897 Outing 29 471/1 The tarpon will be anywhere from fifty to three hundred feet away when the boat is ready to follow him.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options (1916) 13 I'll guarantee an increase of anywhere from ten thousand to a hundred thousand a year.

1919 Outing Mar. 289/1 The range of the high power rifle is anywhere up to hundreds of yards.

1937 Amer. Home Apr. 4/3 At the end of a definite time, anywhere from eight to twenty years, the mortgage is completely paid out.

1955 E. A. Ritter Shaka Zulu 8 The period of sexual maturity..occurs with the Zulus anywhere between the age of fourteen and a half and nineteen years.

1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 vi. 49/2 Service bureau fees can range anywhere between 25 cents and $8 per page.

2006 Olive Oct. 126/2 The cheeses are matured anywhere from two to six months.

B. pron.

Any place.

ΚΠ

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. sig. Kvi Whether they can see from euy [read eny] where men beringe erthe.

1523–4 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 329 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Oute of the haven and porte of the same, into ony where else.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 268 How is it possible that they should be..from anywhere els than from aboue?

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vi. vi. 250 Promotion comes neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from any where else, then from the first Cause.

1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen vi. 60 He did promise great rewards..to those that brought books from any where.

1732 L. Armstrong Let. 15 Nov. in Cal. State Papers Amer. & W. Indies (1939) XXXIX. 251 The four Companys at Canso..will be in great danger, having no..place of defence, or any where to lodge ammunition or ordnance stores.

1768 Great Probability North West Passage 129 The Run from Labrador..will be but small to any where, where it is necessary to make the Survey.

1849 Peterson's Mag. May 172/1 Anywhere would seem like home with him.

1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. iv. 30 Three millions and a half to be drawn from,—to be drawn from anywhere except from Chelsea;—from the bloated money-bags of the City Corporation.

1925 J. G. Bruce in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 i. iii. 58 Anywhere beyond the Base Camp may be considered as the ‘danger zone’.

1956 ‘J. Rhys’ Let. 5 Apr. (1984) 126 I want to settle somewhere more and more but it is difficult to find anywhere possible.

2006 B. George & L. Hardy Bobby Dazzler v. 40 Suddenly, anyone from anywhere could achieve anything.

Phrases

anywhere near (also close to): (used for emphasis) at all near (literally or figuratively); remotely close to in extent, level, or scope.Usually in negative or conditional contexts.

ΚΠ

1827 G. Tibbits Ess. on Home Markets 39 [The] price..had never, for thirty years before, been any where near as low.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 124 We had drifted too much to allow of our dead reckoning being anywhere near the mark.

1887 F. Wilkeson Recoll. Private Soldier in Army of Potomac 63 It was not anywhere near as bloody as I had expected a battle to be.

1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii You never came anywhere near that smite of Scaife's.

1974 Black Enterprise June 113 I do not believe there was a single forecaster who came anywhere close to the mark.

1990 Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. 6 No one else..comes anywhere close to her level of diffidence about Parliament.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 July viii. 3/5 Barry didn't weight train with anywhere near the same level of intensity before he began working with Greg Anderson.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anywhere
释义	anywhereadv.pron. Brit. /ˈɛnɪwɛː/, U.S. /ˈɛniˌwɛr/ Forms: see any adj., pron., n., and adv. and where adv., conj., and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: any adj., where adv. and conj. Etymology: < any adj. + where adv. and conj. Compare earlier owhere adv. Compare also nowhere adv., aywhere adv., otherwhere adv., etc.Formerly written as two words. A. adv. 1. To any place. Frequently with go. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3975 If he miht him aniquar ta, widuten pite he wild him sla. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. i. f. xiii He..neyther goeth any where to fette it, nor maketh any man come thyther to hym to bryng it. 1581 J. Maplet Diall Destiny f. 66^v The Adder..is so full of poyson y^t when she goeth any where to drinke, she is fayne to lay aside her poison till she returneth againe. 1646 W. C. Let. His Excellencies Quarters 2 Divers of the Officers and Souldiers refused Passes, saying, That they could goe any where without Passes. 1680 E. Settle Life & Death Major Clancie iii. 71 Father Guardian..seldome or never goes any where without him. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World 4 To go any where..that the Advantage of Trade or the Hopes of Purchase should guide us. 1779 J. Warner Let. 3 June in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 178 If my going to Milan, or going anywhere, would serve you, I would joyfully go directly. 1865 Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 174 The dog-sleds can go anywhere. 1954 Manch. Guardian Weekly 23 Dec. 15/3 All Chinese students..are completely free to travel anywhere in the United States. 1987 A. Theroux Adultery (1997) 29 I rarely went anywhere without my..pocket filled with pencils and..brushes. 2007 Atlantic Monthly Sept. 104/2 A ‘hard’ currency that can be converted into U.S. dollars or euros and sent anywhere in the world. 2. In or at any place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > anywhere owhereeOE ouerwherea1400 anywhere1447 in nature1661 anywheres1775 anyplace1819 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 3232 (MED) The feyrest þat ony-where myht founnde be. ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 86 (MED) Þis oynement is good..for þe festre, and for þe gowte enyquere. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia iv. f. 104 In all other quarters y^e corn was reaped down, & none standing any where saue in thys one place. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 131 The Prince I speake of, is a stirrer, and makes no stay any where. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 20 The best we have any where seen. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 251 Let me sit down, Miss, anywhere..for I have been sadly off. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiv. 139 You'll do it at neighbour Jackson's, or any where. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 208 Anywhere except in the high streets of royal burghs. 1895 J. Fiske Let. 26 Oct. (1940) 646 They read my books here as much as anywhere. 1897 Scotsman 25 Mar. 7/5 This psychology..leaves no room for reality anywhere. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. i. 249 There isn't a more promising little show anywhere. 1951 D. Thomas Let. 16 Jan. (1987) 785 Together here, or anywhere,..we could be happy. 2006 Place in Sun May 142/1 Credit cards can be used to make cash withdrawals practically anywhere in the world. 3. At any point (in a specified range). Chiefly with from and to, specifying the limits of the range. Cf. anything pron. and n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at an indefinite time uncertainly1683 anywhere1834 1834 Factories Inq. Comm.: Suppl. Rep. Employm. Children in Factories ii. C.1.302 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 167) XX. 1 The hands should begin to work, in the summer, anywhere from six to seven o'clock in the morning. 1897 Outing 29 471/1 The tarpon will be anywhere from fifty to three hundred feet away when the boat is ready to follow him. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options (1916) 13 I'll guarantee an increase of anywhere from ten thousand to a hundred thousand a year. 1919 Outing Mar. 289/1 The range of the high power rifle is anywhere up to hundreds of yards. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 4/3 At the end of a definite time, anywhere from eight to twenty years, the mortgage is completely paid out. 1955 E. A. Ritter Shaka Zulu 8 The period of sexual maturity..occurs with the Zulus anywhere between the age of fourteen and a half and nineteen years. 1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 vi. 49/2 Service bureau fees can range anywhere between 25 cents and $8 per page. 2006 Olive Oct. 126/2 The cheeses are matured anywhere from two to six months. B. pron. Any place. ΚΠ 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes ii. xxxvii. sig. Kvi Whether they can see from euy [read eny] where men beringe erthe. 1523–4 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 329 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Oute of the haven and porte of the same, into ony where else. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 268 How is it possible that they should be..from anywhere els than from aboue? 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction vi. vi. 250 Promotion comes neither from the East, nor from the West, nor from any where else, then from the first Cause. 1653 J. Webster Academiarum Examen vi. 60 He did promise great rewards..to those that brought books from any where. 1732 L. Armstrong Let. 15 Nov. in Cal. State Papers Amer. & W. Indies (1939) XXXIX. 251 The four Companys at Canso..will be in great danger, having no..place of defence, or any where to lodge ammunition or ordnance stores. 1768 Great Probability North West Passage 129 The Run from Labrador..will be but small to any where, where it is necessary to make the Survey. 1849 Peterson's Mag. May 172/1 Anywhere would seem like home with him. 1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. iv. 30 Three millions and a half to be drawn from,—to be drawn from anywhere except from Chelsea;—from the bloated money-bags of the City Corporation. 1925 J. G. Bruce in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 i. iii. 58 Anywhere beyond the Base Camp may be considered as the ‘danger zone’. 1956 ‘J. Rhys’ Let. 5 Apr. (1984) 126 I want to settle somewhere more and more but it is difficult to find anywhere possible. 2006 B. George & L. Hardy Bobby Dazzler v. 40 Suddenly, anyone from anywhere could achieve anything. Phrases anywhere near (also close to): (used for emphasis) at all near (literally or figuratively); remotely close to in extent, level, or scope.Usually in negative or conditional contexts. ΚΠ 1827 G. Tibbits Ess. on Home Markets 39 [The] price..had never, for thirty years before, been any where near as low. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxii. 124 We had drifted too much to allow of our dead reckoning being anywhere near the mark. 1887 F. Wilkeson Recoll. Private Soldier in Army of Potomac 63 It was not anywhere near as bloody as I had expected a battle to be. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill xii You never came anywhere near that smite of Scaife's. 1974 Black Enterprise June 113 I do not believe there was a single forecaster who came anywhere close to the mark. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 2 Apr. 6 No one else..comes anywhere close to her level of diffidence about Parliament. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 29 July viii. 3/5 Barry didn't weight train with anywhere near the same level of intensity before he began working with Greg Anderson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.pron.a1400
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