Meaning of “anyone” in the English Dictionary

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anyonepronoun

uk ​ /ˈen.i.wʌn/ us ​ /ˈen.i.wʌn/ also anybody

A2 used in questions and negatives to mean "a person or people":

I haven't spoken to anyone all day.
I haven't told anyone.
Was there anyone you knew at the meeting?
Has anyone seen my glasses anywhere?

B1 any person or any people:

Anyone can go - you don't have to be invited.
Anyone could dress well with all that money.

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Anyone, anybody or anything?Anyone, anybody and anything are indefinite pronouns. We use anyone, anybody and anything to refer to both an open, unlimited set of things or people and specific things or people. We use them with a singular verb: …
Anyone and anybodyAnyone and anybody have no difference in meaning. Anybody is a little less formal than anyone. Anyone is used more in writing than anybody: …

Idiom(s)

anyone who is/was anyone

(Definition of “anyone” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"anyone" in American English

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anyonepronoun

us ​ /ˈen·iˌwʌn, -wən/ also anybody, /ˈen·iˌbɑd·i, -bə·di/

› any person whatever, or (esp. in negative statements and questions) a person, but without saying which person:

Hello, is anyone home?
If anyone calls, tell them I’m out of the office.
We didn’t know anyone when we first moved here, but now we have lots of friends.
I can’t think of anyone with more imagination than Maggie.

(Definition of “anyone” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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