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anywhere

adverb
 
 
/ˈen.i.weər/ US  /-wer/ (US also anyplace)

Definition

A2 in, to, or at any place: You won't find a better plumber anywhere in England. Go anywhere in the world and you'll find some sort of hamburger restaurant. I was wondering if there was anywhere I could go to get this mended. There are quite a few words that they use in that part of the country that you don't hear anywhere else. As a teacher you could expect to be paid anywhere (= any amount) between £15 and £50 per hour. He charges anywhere from $20 to $50 for a haircut. They live in some tiny little village miles from anywhere (= a very long way from any towns).Somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, or everywhere used in questions or negatives to mean 'a place': I can't find my keys anywhere. Is there anywhere in particular you wanted to go to eat tonight? Did you go anywhere interesting this summer? Is there anywhere to eat around here?
(Definition of anywhere adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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