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anymore

/ˌɛniˈmɔːr/
(UK: any more)
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• adverb

1

To any further extent or any longer; at the present time as compared with a former state (typically used in negative, interrogative, or conditional clauses).

Example

"She used to play the piano every evening, but she does not have time to practice anymore."

2

North American Nowadays or currently, in contrast to how things were in the past (used in affirmative clauses in regional or informal speech).

Example

"People do most of their banking online anymore."

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Word Nuance & Usage

Do not confuse the single-word adverb 'anymore' (meaning any longer or nowadays) with the two-word phrase 'any more' (used as a determiner or pronoun referring to additional quantities, as in 'Do you want any more tea?'). Additionally, in British English, both the temporal and quantitative senses are frequently written as two words ('any more').

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• Nearby Words

anybody
anyhoo
anyhow
anymore
anyone
anyplace
anything

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed in Middle English as a compound of 'any' and 'more', originally written as two separate words before coalescing into a single word in North American usage during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Anymore. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/anymore
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