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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "any"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϕ⧋āύ, āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋

used to refer to an unspecified quantity or number, especially in questions or negatives
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Did you bring any snacks with you?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āύāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻž āĻāύ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?
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āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋, āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋

used to say that it does not matter which individual or amount from a group is chosen or referred to
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This ticket grants access at any time of the day.
āĻāχ āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁

used to stress that a specific or remarkable instance of something is being referred to
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He 's not any doctor; he's the best heart surgeon in the city.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āύāύ; āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ āϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāύāĨ¤
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āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋, āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ

used to indicate all possible or the full extent of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
You 're entitled to any benefits that apply to you.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏ⧁āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϝāĻž āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧋āĻœā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϕ⧋āύāĻ“, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āύāĻž

used to refer to an unspecified amount or number of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I checked the shelves, but there were n't any left.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϕ⧋āύ⧋āϟāĻžāχ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āϕ⧇āω, āϝ⧇ āϕ⧇āω

used to refer to an unspecified person or people within a group or category
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Any can join the club, regardless of experience.
āϝ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋, āϕ⧋āύ⧋

used to indicate any one or more things selected from a known set or class
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Any of the options would work fine for the project.
āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁āĻ“ āύāĻž, āĻŽā§‹āĻŸā§‡āĻ“ āύāĻž

to a small or noticeable amount, used to emphasize a negative or interrogative statement
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Is this any better than before?
āĻāϟāĻž āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋ?
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āĻŽā§‹āĻŸā§‡āĻ“ āύāĻž, āϕ⧋āύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āχ āύāĻž

to no degree, amount, or effect
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His explanation did n't clarify the issue any.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āχ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĻŋāĨ¤
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