any thing whatever

  • 31anything — /en ee thing /, pron. 1. any thing whatever; something, no matter what: Do you have anything for a toothache? n. 2. a thing of any kind. 3. anything goes, any type of conduct, dress, speech, etc., is considered acceptable or valid or is likely to …

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  • 32anything — an•y•thing [[t]ˈɛn iˌθɪŋ[/t]] pron. 1) any thing whatever; something, no matter what: Do you have anything for a toothache?[/ex] 2) a thing of any kind 3) to any degree or extent; in any way; at all: Does it taste anything like chocolate?[/ex] •… …

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  • 33anything — /ˈɛniθɪŋ / (say eneething) pronoun 1. any thing whatever; something, no matter what. –noun 2. a thing of any kind. –adverb 3. in any degree; to any extent. –phrase 4. if anything, if it is possible to make a judgement at all: the patient is worse …

  • 34anything — I. pronoun Date: before 12th century any thing whatever ; any such thing II. adverb Date: before 12th century at all …

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  • 35Things personal — Thing Thing (th[i^]ng), n. [AS. [thorn]ing a thing, cause, assembly, judicial assembly; akin to [thorn]ingan to negotiate, [thorn]ingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, judicial assembly, G. ding a thing,… …

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  • 36Things real — Thing Thing (th[i^]ng), n. [AS. [thorn]ing a thing, cause, assembly, judicial assembly; akin to [thorn]ingan to negotiate, [thorn]ingian to reconcile, conciliate, D. ding a thing, OS. thing thing, assembly, judicial assembly, G. ding a thing,… …

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  • 37formal logic — the branch of logic concerned exclusively with the principles of deductive reasoning and with the form rather than the content of propositions. [1855 60] * * * Introduction       the abstract study of propositions, statements, or assertively used …

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  • 38Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… …

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  • 39The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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  • 40Phenomenology (The beginnings of) — The beginnings of phenomenology Husserl and his predecessors Richard Cobb Stevens Edmund Husserl was the founder of phenomenology, one of the principal movements of twentieth century philosophy. His principal contribution to philosophy was his… …

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