any one

any one
anˈyone (or any one) noun and pronoun
1. Anybody at all
2. Anybody whatever
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Main Entry:any

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an|y|one «EHN ee wuhn, -wuhn», pronoun.
any person; anybody: »

Can anyone go to this movie or is it just for adults? Anyone may come. He is said to have been able…to detect the place of origin of anyone he met (Edmund Wilson).

Usage Anyone is written as one word when the stress is on the any: »

Anyone «EHN ee wuhn» would know that.

It is two words when the stress is on the one: »

I'd like any one «EHN ee WUHN» of them.

When the stress is on one, it may refer to a thing or a person.
any one,
1. any single or individual: »

in any one city in the United States.

2. any person or thing.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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