What does “any” mean?
- 1
determinersome; used in questions and negative sentences
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
- 2
determinerit does not matter which one
Take any seat you like.
Any at a glance
- Part of speech
- determiner
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /ˈɛni/ · EN-ee
How to use “any” correctly
Use “some” in positive sentences and “any” in negatives and questions: “I have some.” / “I don’t have any.”
Common phrases with “any”
- any more
- any time
- in any case
“any” is on these word lists
Learn these words next
- all determinerA1the whole number or amount of something
- both determinerA1the two people or things together
- enough determinerA1as much or as many as you need
- every determinerA1all the people or things in a group, considered one by one
- few determinerA1a small number of; some
- many determinerA1a large number of
- more determinerA1a larger number or amount of something
- much determinerA1a large amount of something, used with uncountable nouns