any|time /e nita I m/ ADV [ADV with v] You use anytime to mean a point in time which is not fixed or set. □ The college admits students anytime during the year. □ He can call me anytime.
any|way ◆◆◇ /e niwe I / or anyhow
1 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous point. □ I'm certain David's told you his business troubles. Anyway, it's no secret that he owes money. □ Mother certainly won't let him stay with her and anyhow he wouldn't.
2 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to suggest that a statement is true or relevant in spite of other things that have been said. □ I don't know why I settled on Aberdeen, but anyway I did. □ I wasn't qualified to apply for the job really but I got it anyhow.
3 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to correct or modify a statement, for example to limit it to what you definitely know to be true. □ Mary Ann doesn't want to have children. Not right now, anyway.
4 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to indicate that you are asking what the real situation is or what the real reason for something is. □ What do you want from me, anyway? □ Where was Bud, anyhow?
5 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to indicate that you are missing out some details in a story and are passing on to the next main point or event. □ I was told to go to Reading for this interview. It was a very amusing affair. Anyhow, I got the job.
6 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to change the topic or return to a previous topic. □ 'I've got a terrible cold.'—'Have you? Anyway, so you're staying at home this weekend?'
7 ADV You use anyway or anyhow to indicate that you want to end the conversation. □ 'Anyway, I'd better let you have your dinner. Give our love to Francis. Bye.'
any|ways /e niwe I z/ ADV Anyways is a non-standard form of anyway . [AM , SPOKEN ]
any|where ◆◇◇ /e ni h weə r /
1 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV ] You use anywhere in statements with negative meaning to indicate that a place does not exist. □ I haven't got anywhere to live. □ There had never been such a beautiful woman anywhere in the world.
2 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV , from ADV ] You use anywhere in questions and conditional clauses to ask or talk about a place without saying exactly where you mean. □ Did you try to get help from anywhere? □ If she wanted to go anywhere at all she had to wait for her father to drive her.
3 ADV You use anywhere before words that indicate the kind of place you are talking about. □ He'll meet you anywhere you want. □ Let us know if you come across anywhere that has something special to offer.
4 ADV [ADV after v, be ADV ] You use anywhere to refer to a place when you are emphasizing that it could be any of a large number of places. [EMPHASIS ] □ Rachel would have known Julia Stone anywhere. □ …jokes that are so funny they always work anywhere.
5 ADV When you do not want to be exact, you use anywhere to refer to a particular range of things. □ [+ from ] His shoes cost anywhere from $200 up. □ [+ from ] My visits lasted anywhere from three weeks to two months. [Also + between/to ]
6 ADV [ADV adj/adv] You use anywhere in expressions such as anywhere near and anywhere close to to emphasize a statement that you are making. [EMPHASIS ] □ There weren't anywhere near enough empty boxes.
7 PHRASE If you say that someone or something is not getting anywhere or is not going anywhere , you mean that they are not making progress or achieving a satisfactory result. □ The conversation did not seem to be getting anywhere.
AOB /e I oʊ biː / AOB is a heading on an agenda for a meeting, to show that any topics not listed separately can be discussed at this point, usually the end. AOB is an abbreviation for 'any other business'.
aor|ta /e I ɔː r tə/ (aortas ) N‑COUNT The aorta is the main artery through which blood leaves your heart before it flows through the rest of your body.
apace /əpe I s/ ADV [ADV after v] If something develops or continues apace , it is developing or continuing quickly. [FORMAL ]
apart
➊ POSITIONS AND STATES
➋ INDICATING EXCEPTIONS AND FOCUSING
➊ apart ◆◆◇ /əpɑː r t/ In addition to the uses shown below, apart is used in phrasal verbs such as 'grow apart' and 'take apart'. 1 ADV [ADV after v] When people or things are apart , they are some distance from each other. □ [+ from ] He was standing a bit apart from the rest of us, watching us. □ [+ from ] Ray and sister Renee lived just 25 miles apart from each other. □ …regions that were too far apart to have any way of knowing about each other.
2 ADV [ADV after v] If two people or things move apart or are pulled apart , they move away from each other. □ John and Isabelle moved apart, back into the sun. □ He tried in vain to keep the two dogs apart before the neighbour intervened.
3 ADV [be ADV , ADV after v] If two people are apart , they are no longer living together or spending time together, either permanently or just for a short time. □ It was the first time Jane and I had been apart for more than a few days. □ The law forbade spouses to live apart for any length of time.
4 ADV [ADV after v] If you take something apart , you separate it into the pieces that it is made of. If it comes or falls apart , its parts separate from each other. □ When the clock stopped he took it apart to find out what was wrong. □ Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.