anymore
English meaning: Anymore
Definition
(in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.
Example
“They don't make repairable radios any more.”
Another example: “He doesn't smoke anymore after the doctor's warning.”
Usage — When, Where & How
An informal adverb meaning 'any longer', used mainly in negative or question constructions ('I don't live there anymore'). Chiefly North American; British English often writes 'any more' as two words. Avoid in very formal writing.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
A 20th-century North American merging of the phrase 'any more', from 'any' plus 'more', both of Old English origin.
Related Words
Common Collocations
- not anymore
- don't anymore
- won't anymore
- can't anymore
- doesn't work anymore
- nobody anymore
Word Forms
anymore (adv) — note also 'any more'
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Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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