Definition of "any" []

• One, some, every, or all without specification: Take any book you want. Are there any messages for me? Any child would love that. Give me any food you don't want. (adjective)
• Exceeding normal limits, as in size or duration: The patient cannot endure chemotherapy for any length of time. (adjective)
• Any one or more persons, things, or quantities. (pronoun)
• To any degree or extent; at all: didn't feel any better. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I think it's especially egregious that McDonnell's proclamation omitted any mention of slavery his explanation for doing so was that he thought slavery was not a "significant" issue for Virginia and its history because Virginia had more slaves than _any_ other state at the time of the Civil War."
• "Forget any racism involved, I can see how the "You don't know who I am" thing could get *any* cop's back up and make him or her want to let the person attempting to coerce or intimidate them know that they are not above the law. . ."
• "People don\'t want to hear their names, see their faces or hear about any more of their previous or future escapades ... let alone \'any\ 'further information about them."