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any one

pronoun

any one is a pronoun meaning “Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-Y-O-N-E.

What does any one mean?

pronoun

  1. 1

    archaicArchaic form of anyone.

  2. 2

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any, one.

    You can borrow any one book at a time.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with any one

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

Also written: anyone (one word or two).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).