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ANYWHERE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

At or in or to any place

Example:

you can find this food anywhere

Synonyms:

anyplace; anywhere

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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 Context examples: 

He replied with a small pale smile, “Is she so, indeed, sir? Really?” and almost immediately called for a candle, and went to bed, as if he were not quite safe anywhere else.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

So she went to the sun and said, Thou shinest everywhere, on the hill’s top and the valley’s depth—hast thou anywhere seen my white dove?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Excessive hair growth anywhere on the body.

(Hypertrichosis, NCI Thesaurus)

These sores can be anywhere, but usually they occur on your face, arms and legs.

(Impetigo, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Infections can begin anywhere in the body and may spread all through it.

(Infection, NCI Dictionary)

Germ cell tumors can occur almost anywhere in the body and can be either benign or malignant.

(Germ cell tumor, NCI Dictionary)

The tumor can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal system; approximately 90% arise in the appendix.

(Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumor G1, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of parathyroid hormone in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Parathormone Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of prolactin in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Prolactin Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome characterized by abnormal secretion of renin in conjunction with neoplastic growth occurring anywhere in the body.

(Ectopic Renin Secretion Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)