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any thing

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

Pronoun

any thing

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, thing.
- All this may clarify what I mean by the other thing, by the distinction between object and thing, but such clarity comes, of course, at the expense of the local detail where any thing occurs.2015, Bill Brown, “Things—in Theory”, in Other Things, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, published 2019, →ISBN, page 23

Also used as

any thing is also the archaic form of anything.

Questions about any thing

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

Words near any thing in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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