any is on the Basic English 850 List.
ant - any - apparatus
any is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
answer - any - apart

Pronunciation

change

Determiner

change

Determiner
any

  1. (indefinite) some or even the smallest amount or number
    Do you want any coffee?
    There aren't any pencils left, not even one.
    Don't tell me. I don't want to hear any more about it.
    Are you sure there's some here? I don't see any.
    Slow down. I can't go any faster.
    It doesn't look any different to me.
  2. (indefinite) it does not matter which
    Please ask me. I can answer any question.
    There was no problem of any kind.
    I would say the same thing to any person.
    Any information that you have would be helpful.
    In any case, it doesn't really matter.
    It doesn't matter. I'll take any that's left over.
change