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any one

any one pronoun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, one. Also the archaic form of anyone.

Pronoun

any one

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, one.
    • You can borrow any one book at a time.
    • Which book can I borrow?' -Any one.

Also used as

any one is also the archaic form of anyone.

Questions about any one

What does any one mean?
Any one means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, one.
What part of speech is any one?
Any one is a pronoun.

Words near any one in the dictionary

  1. any old how
  2. any old kind of way
  3. any old nook or cranny
  4. any old thing
  5. any ole
  6. any one
  7. any other business
  8. any port in a storm
  9. any press is good press
  10. any road
  11. any road up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: any one (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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