• (GA) IPA: /ˈɛn.i.θɪŋ/
• (Ireland) IPA: /ˈæ.ni.θɪŋ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈɛ.nɪ.θɪŋ/, /ˈɛ.ni.θɪŋ/
• (Aus) IPA: /ˈɛ.nə.θɪŋ/

1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.

   I would not do it for anything.

   Synonyms: aught

   • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗:

     Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language […] his clerks […] understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.

2. (with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.

• French: n’importe quoi, (in negative sentences) rien
• German: irgendetwas, irgendwas
• Italian: qualunque cosa, qualsiasi cosa, niente
• Portuguese: qualquer coisa
• Russian: всё, что уго́дно
• Spanish: cualquier cosa

anything (plural anythings)

1. Someone or something of importance.

• Portuguese: qualquer coisa

anything (not comparable)

1. In any way, any extent or any degree.

   That isn't anything like a car.

   She's not anything like as strong as me.