Anytime
adverbAt any moment whatever; at whatever time you like.
How to spell anytime
7 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce anytime
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does anytime mean?
- adverbAt any moment whatever; at whatever time you like.
Anytime in a sentence
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The support line is open anytime, day or night.
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Feel free to call me anytime during the week.
Where does anytime come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
This is a modern compound of two of the oldest words in English: 'any', from the Old English ǣnig meaning 'one of some kind' or 'a single one', and 'time', from the Old English tīma, which described a stretch or point in the passing of events. Both roots are firmly Germanic and were already in everyday use more than a thousand years ago. For most of their history the two words travelled separately, and writers used the open phrase 'any time' to mean 'at no particular moment'. The fused single-word adverb 'anytime' is comparatively recent, becoming common in American writing during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and spreading from there. Because the two-word phrase still survives for other uses, the spelling trap is knowing when the adverb closes up into one word and when it stays apart.
How the word is built
- any (Old English ǣnig: any)
- time (Old English tīma: a period or moment)
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