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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

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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.