anyone

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɪwʌn/

pronoun

  • 1 [usually with negative or in questions] any person or people: there wasn’t anyone there does anyone remember him? I was afraid to tell anyone
  • [without negative] used for emphasis: anyone could do it
  • 2a person of importance or authority: they are read by anyone who’s anyone

Phrases

be anyone's

informal be open to sexual advances from anyone: three shandies and he’s anyone’s

anyone's game

an evenly balanced contest: it was still anyone’s game at half-time

The two-word form any one is not the same as the one-word form anyone and the two forms cannot be used interchangeably. Any one means ‘any single (person or thing)’, as in: not more than twelve new members are admitted in any one year.