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any where (obsolete)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷís

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Germanic *-r

Proto-West Germanic *hwār

Middle English wher

English anywhere

From any +‎ where.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪwɛə/
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.iː.(h)wɛə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/

anywhere (not comparable)

In or at any location.
I don't know where I left my keys. They could be anywhere.
I'd rather be anywhere else.
For many 'home' is an affectation when used anywhere that 'house' would be appropriate, as in 'Home for Sale'.
To (in the direction of) any location.
Anywhere you go in France, there will be bread and wine with dinner.
I'm staying home today. I'm not going anywhere.
Are you going anywhere special this weekend?

in or at any location

Albanian: kudo (sq)
Belarusian: абы-дзе́ (aby-dzjé), дзе-не́будзь (dzje-njébudzʹ)
Bulgarian: навсякъде (bg) (navsjakǎde), където и да е (kǎdeto i da e)
Catalan: onsevulga (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 任何地方 (rènhé dìfāng)
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: pvahanu (in a negative sentence)
Czech: kdekoliv (cs)
Danish: hvorsomhelst
Dutch: overal (nl), eender waar, waar dan ook, ergens (nl)
Esperanto: ie ajn
Finnish: missä tahansa, missään (fi)
French: n'importe où (fr), où que ce soit, nulle part (fr) ((in a negative sentence)
Galician: xalundes, algures
Georgian: ნებისმიერ ადგილას (nebismier adgilas), ნებისმიერ ადგილზე (nebismier adgilze), ყველგან (ka) (q̇velgan), სადაც არ უნდა იყოს (sadac ar unda iq̇os), ნებისმიერგან (nebismiergan) (colloquial)
German: überall (de), irgendwo (de)
Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌷 (ƕaruh)
Greek: οπουδήποτε (el) (opoudípote), πουθενά (el) (pouthená)
Hungarian: bárhol (hu), akárhol (hu)
Ido: irgaloke (io), irgube (io)
Irish: in aon bhall, in aon áit, in áit ar bith
Italian: ovunque (it), dappertutto (it)
Japanese: どこでも (dokodemo)
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: 어디에도 (eodiedo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھەرچی شوێن (herçî şwên), ھەرشوێن (herişwên)
Latin: uspiam, usquam (la)
Malay:
Jawi: مان٢
Rumi: mana-mana (ms)
Marathi: कुठेही (kuṭhehī), कुठे पण (kuṭhe paṇ)
Mirandese: adondequiera
Norwegian: hvor som helst
Bokmål: hvorenn, hvor som helst
Old English: āhwǣr
Plautdietsch: irjentwua
Polish: gdziekolwiek (pl), byle gdzie, gdzie bądź
Portuguese: em qualquer lugar
Romanian: oriunde (ro)
Russian: где-ли́бо (ru) (gde-líbo) (somewhere, anywhere), где-нибу́дь (ru) (gde-nibúdʹ) (somewhere, anywhere), где уго́дно (gde ugódno)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: било где, било гдје
Latin: bilo gde, bilo gdje
Spanish: en cualquier parte, dondequiera (es)
Swedish: var som helst, varsomhelst, någonstans (sv) (inte någonstans = not anywhere, nowhere)
Telugu: ఎక్కడైనా (te) (ekkaḍainā)
Ukrainian: де завго́дно (de zavhódno), де-не́будь (de-nébudʹ), скрізь (skrizʹ)
Welsh: yn unrhyw le, yn unlle (in negative contexts)

to any location

Albanian: gjithkund (sq)
Dutch: ergens heen, waarheen dan ook
Esperanto: ien ajn
Galician: xalundes, algures
Hungarian: bárhova (hu), akárhova (hu)
Marathi: कुठेही (kuṭhehī), कुठे पण (kuṭhe paṇ)
Old English: āhwider
Swedish: vart som helst
Telugu: ఎక్కడికైనా (te) (ekkaḍikainā)
Ukrainian: куди́-не́будь (kudý-nébudʹ)
Welsh: i unryw le, i unman (in negative contexts)

anywhere

Any location or an unknown location.
Anywhere is better than here!

anywhere (plural anywheres)

(informal, uncommon) A person without strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.
Synonyms: cosmopolite, cosmopolitan
Antonyms: somewhere, homebody

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