different between any vs ever

English

Alternative forms

• anie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, ani?, eni?, æni?, from Old English ?ni? (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one +? -y. Cognate to Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??n?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ni/, (dialectal) /?æni/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /?æni/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ni/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /??ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni, -æni
• (US) Homophone: innie (pin-pen)

Adverb

any (not comparable)

1. To even the slightest extent, at all.

   I will not remain here any longer.

   If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!

   That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)

   • 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 58:

     I wasn't any too easy in my mind.

Translations

Determiner

any

1. (chiefly in the negative) At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Matthew xi. 27

     No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son.
2. No matter what kind.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• some

Pronoun

any

1. Any thing(s) or person(s).

   Any may apply.

Translations

References

• any at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• AYN, Ayn, NAY, NYA, Nay, Yan, ayn, nay, yan

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin annus, from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?et-no-, probably from *h?et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

any m (plural anys)

1. year

Derived terms

Related terms

• aniversari
• annals
• anual / anyal
• ninou
• perenne

Further reading

• “any” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?n?/

Noun

any

1. Alternative form of an?

Descendants

• Portuguese: ani
  • English: ani

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida; 2013; Dicionário do Tupi Antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil; São Paulo: Global.

English

Alternative forms

• euer (obsolete)
• e'er, ev'r (poetic)
• eva, evah, eva', evuh, iver (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English ever, from Old English ?fre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ? (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative f?ore). Compare Old English ? t? f?ore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhl?f (“life”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)
• Hyphenation: ev?er

Adverb

ever (not comparable)

1. Always, frequently, forever.
   • 1592, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, An Advertisement […] concerning Seminary Priests

     […] the Lord Treasurer, who ever secretly feigned himself to be a Moderator and Mollifier of the Catholicks Afflictions […]

   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

   • 1993, Nancy K. Florida, Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts: Introduction and manuscripts of the Karaton Surakarta, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 9:

     The library staffs of the Karaton Surakarta's Sasana Pustaka, the Mangku- nagaran's Reksa Pustaka, and the Museum Radyapustaka were ever helpful and generous with their time.

   • 2007, Roman Frydman, Michael D. Goldberg, Imperfect Knowledge Economics: Exchange Rates and Risk, Princeton University Press (?ISBN)

     As with the rest of macroeconomics, the issues have to be rethought in a way that makes the ever-imperfect knowledge of market participants and policymakers an integral part of the analysis.

2. Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration).

   People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living.
3. At any time.

4. In any way.

5. (informal) As intensifier following an interrogative word.

Synonyms

• (always): See Thesaurus:forever
• (at any time):
• (in any way):
• (intensifier): See Thesaurus:the dickens

Antonyms

• (always): See Thesaurus:never

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

ever (not comparable)

1. (epidemiology) Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.

Determiner

ever

1. (dialectal and informal) Shortening of every
   • 2011, Lee Smith, Oral History ?ISBN

     Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.

References

• ever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Vere, veer

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ?ver, from Old Dutch *evur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur. Cognate with Latin aper, Proto-Slavic *vepr? (“wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.v?r/
• Hyphenation: ever
• Rhymes: -e?v?r

Noun

ever m (plural evers, diminutive evertje n)

1. wild boar, Sus scrofa

Synonyms

• everzwijn, wild zwijn

Derived terms

• everjong
• everzwijn

Anagrams

• erve, veer, vere, vree

German

Etymology

From English ever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?/

Adverb

ever

1. (colloquial, youth slang) ever (with superlative)

Synonyms

• aller Zeiten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• evre, evir, afre (early)

Etymology

From Old English ?fre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?r/, /??v?r/

Adverb

ever

1. ever

Descendants

• English: ever
• Scots: evire, evir
• Yola: eyver, ere

References

• “??ver, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ever

1. present of eve

Anagrams

• ever, reve, veer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• evor (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

ever f

1. indefinite plural of eve
2. indefinite plural of eva (non-standard since 2012)

Anagrams

• erve, ever, reve, vere