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any more

See also: anymore

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any more (not comparable)

  1. (in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again.
    Synonyms: any longer, no longer, no more
    They don't make repairable radios any more.
  2. (colloquial, chiefly Northern Ireland, US, in positive constructions) Now, from now on.
    Synonyms: going forward, nowadays; see also Thesaurus:henceforth, Thesaurus:currently
    I eat fish any more.
    • 1920, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Women in Love:
      ‘Quite absurd,’ he said. ‘Suffering bores me, any more.’
    • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage, published 2010, page 268:
      He's no longer the wholesome Chamber of Commerce bigshot we used to know in the olden days, Doc, he's bad shit any more
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see any,‎ more.
    Alice doesn't like Braque any more than she likes Picasso.
    (as determiner or pronoun) I can't see any more people arriving; I don't think any more (of them) want to come.
    • 1681 June 19 (Gregorian calendar), [Titus] Oates, quotee, “[…] Edward Fitz-Harris Was Brought to the Barr of the Court of Kings-Bench; and the Court Being Sate, Proceeded Thus.”, in The Tryal and Condemnation of Edw. Fitz-Harris, […]. As Also the Tryal and Condemnation of Dr Oliver Plunket, […], London: […] Francis Tyton, and Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, page 28:
      My Lord, I deſire that if the Priſoner have any more Queſtions to ask me he may do it, becauſe the Croud is great, and I would go out.
    • 1966, Sally Stanford, “Prologue”, in The Lady of the House: The Autobiography of Sally Stanford, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →LCCN, page 9:
      I DIDN’T set out to be a madam any more than Arthur Michael Ramsey, when he was a kid, set out to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Things just happened to both of us, I guess.

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  • A statement such as "Alice doesn't like A any more than she likes B" may mean that she likes both of them equally, or that she doesn't like either of them at all. With no further information, the latter would usually be assumed.
  • As an adverb, any more is the more common spelling in British English, while anymore is more common in American English, although both forms can be encountered in both varieties. As a determiner, anymore is considered a misspelling.

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