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Any Longer

Definition: Any Longer

Any Longer

Adverb

1. At the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; "Alice doesn't live here anymore"; "the children promised not to quarrel any more".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Any Longer

Synonym: anymore (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Any Longer

English words defined with "any longer": drainedField wagtailJagerOvaliformPrakritTantalus's cupWood hoopoe. (references)
Specialty definitions using "any longer": Briseis, Buccaneer'closed-end diversified investment company, closed-end investment trustfederal fundsGodwin's LawJava Remote Method Protocollongitudinal wallNine Days' Wonder, Normal flex acreageOne Percent Chance Flood, orphaned i-nodeperiod certain, pressure chamberReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, Resistive Instability, Ristocetinsecular equilibrium, symboltenured graduate studentused bitWaiters upon Providence, Write-Once Read-Many. (references)

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Modern Usage: Any Longer

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I want to live a real life I don't want to dream any longer. (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil)

Can't any longer play off black against old -- young against poor. (The Candidate; writing credit: Jeremy Larner)

If she held on any longer, she could have. (X-Men; writing credit: Tom DeSanto; Bryan Singer)

Lyrics

Any longer, you can (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy)

Not a novice any longer ("I Am Woman"; performing artist: Helen Reddy)

I couldn't take it any longer (Paradise By The Dashboard Light; performing artist: Meat Loaf)

Yeah, I don't want you to hold back any longer baby (Your Body's Callin'; performing artist: R. Kelly)

I can't fight this feeling any longer. (Can't Fight This Feeling; performing artist: REO Speedwagon)

Clever

Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Any Longer

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

If you boys keep that up, I'm not going to be responsible for Ferdinand any longer. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Any Longer

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

Now death is the most terrible of all things; for it is the end, and nothing is thought to be any longer either good or bad for the dead.

Martin Luther

What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Any Longer

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

What power they ought to have in the society, who thus employ it contrary to the trust went along with it in its first institution, is easy to determine; and one cannot but see, that he, who has once attempted any such thing as this, cannot any longer be trusted. (Second Treatise of Government)

Communist Manifesto

1848

And here it becomes evident, that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society, and to impose its conditions of existence upon society as an over-riding law. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Any Longer

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

When a man appears to be getting alarmingly ignorant, or stupid, they will sometimes refuse to supply him any longer.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

As to the intrinsic value of people, it is hardly respectable any longer.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I have too great a veneration for crowned heads to dwell any longer on so nice a subject.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Any Longer

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Germany

In 1948, however, the Soviets refused to participate any longer in the quadripartite administration of Germany. (references)

Worker Rights

Djibouti

The Djiboutian Labor Congress (CIDJITRA), composed of Ministry of Labor officials, created by the Government to counter the UDT and UGTD, did not appear to exist any longer. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Any Longer

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Gennifer Flowers

I could have. I could have continued to lie, but I decided I didn't want to lie anymore. I didn't feel comfortable lying any longer, and I honestly felt that if I told the truth it would go away.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Any Longer

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929We do not any longer need wartime revenues.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Any Longer

Expressions using "any longer": i can't stand it any longer not any longer. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Any Longer

Language Translations for "any longer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

повече (again, any more, better, longer, more, no more). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ei päde enää (is not valid). (various references)

   

German

  

ich kann es nicht mehr austehen (I can't stand it any longer). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

όχιπλέον, όχι πια, όχι πλέον. (various references)

   

Italian

  

non più (but, no longer, no more, not any longer, not any more). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

見切り発車 (making a snap decision, starting a train before all the passengers are on board, starting an action without considering objections to it any longer). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

みきりはっしゃ (making a snap decision, starting a train before all the passengers are on board, starting an action without considering objections to it any longer). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

anyay ongerlay

   

Russian 

  

больше не (no longer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

más tiempo (longer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Any Longer

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 9, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai exapina peribleyamenoi ouketi oudena eidon alla ton ihsoun monon meq eautwn
Latin405VulgateEt descendentibus illis de monte praecepit illis ne cui quae vidissent narrarent nisi cum Filius hominis a mortuis resurrexerit
Old English990West SaxonAnd sone þa hyo ge-seagen hine. nænnehyo mid hym ne ge-seagen buten þannehælend selfne mid heom.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd whanne thei camen doun fro the hille, he comaundide hem, that thei schulden not telle to ony man tho thingis that thei hadden seen, but whanne mannus sone hath risun ayen fro deeth.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd sodenly they loked rounde aboute them and sawe no man more then Iesus only wt the.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd suddenly, when they had looked around, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Any Longer

LanguageMark Chapter 9, Verse 8
CebuanoUg sa mikalit sila pagliraw aron sa pagtan-aw, wala na silay lain pang nakita uban kanila kondili si Jesus lamang.
Chinese門 ' 忽 然 周 圍 一 看 、 不 再 見 一 人 、 只 見 耶 穌 同 他 們 在 那 裡 。
CroatianI odjednom, obazrevši se uokolo, nikoga uza se ne vidješe doli Isusa sama.
DanishOg pludseligt, da de så sig om, så de ingen mere uden Jesus alene hos dem.
DutchEn haastelijk rondom ziende, zagen zij niemand meer, dan Jezus alleen bij zich.
FinnishJa yhtäkkiä, kun he katsahtivat ympärilleen, eivät he enää nähneet ketään muuta kuin Jeesuksen, joka yksinänsä oli heidän kanssaan.
FrenchAussitôt les disciples regardèrent tout autour, et ils ne virent que Jésus seul avec eux.
Gaelic`S ag amharc san uair mun cuairt orra, chan fhac iad duine, ach Iosa na aonar maille riutha.
GermanUnd bald darnach sahen sie um sich und sahen niemand mehr denn allein Jesum bei ihnen.
Haitian CreoleMenm lè a, disip yo vire tèt yo, yo gade adwat, yo gade agoch, men yo pa wè pesonn pase Jezi ki te pou kont li avèk yo.
HungarianÉs mikor nagyhirtelen körültekintének, senkit sem látának többé maguk körül, egyedül a Jézust.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariCepat-cepat mereka melihat sekeliling mereka, dan tidak lagi melihat siapa pun di situ bersama mereka, kecuali Yesus saja.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka dengan sekonyong-konyong, ketika mereka itu memandang sekeliling, tiada mereka itu nampak lagi seorang jua pun, hanyalah Yesus sahaja sertanya.
MaoriA, titiro rawa ake ratou ki tetahi taha, ki tetahi taha, kahore a ratou tangata i kite ai, ko ratou anake, ko Ihu.
NorwegianOg med ett, da de så sig om, så de ikke lenger nogen hos sig uten Jesus alene.
RumanianKndatq, ucenicii s`au uitat kmprejur, wi n`au mai vqzut pe nimeni deckt pe Isus singur cu ei.
ShuarNuyanka ni unuiniamuri ayantmar iiyaj tukamar aya Jesusnak Wáinkiarmiayi. Chíkichkia atsuarmiayi.
SwahiliMara wanafunzi hao wakatazama tena, lakini hawakumwona mtu mwingine, ila Yesu peke yake pamoja nao.
SwedishOch plötsligt märkte de, när de sågo sig omkring, att där icke mer fanns någon hos dem utom Jesus allena.
UmaHampegoli we'i, ranaa-rawo ntololikia-ra, uma-pi ria tau ntani' -na dohe-ra, hadua Yesus-damo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Any Longer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-n-n-o-r-y"

-1 letter: nonglare, yearlong.

-2 letters: angerly, annoyer, orangey.

-3 letters: anergy, angler, anyone, argyle, eryngo, galore, gaoler, gnarly, granny, groyne, lanner, loaner, longan, longer, nearly, nonage, nongay, onager, orange, orangy, regnal, reloan, ronnel.

-4 letters: agley, agone, agony, algor, alone, along, angel, anger, angle, angry, annoy, anole, argle, argol, argon, early, enrol, gayer, genoa, genro, glare, glary, glean.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-n-n-o-r-y"
 

+4 letters: encouragingly, overanalyzing, unreasoningly.

 

+5 letters: generationally, governmentally, nasopharyngeal, neurogenically, unrecognizably.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Any Longer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 6E 79      4C 6F 6E 67 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01101110 01111001 00100000 01001100 01101111 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#110 &#121 &#32 &#76 &#111 &#110 &#103 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006E 0079      004C 006F 006E 0067 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3580912468180737184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Any Longer"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, búlgaro

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosфински език, фински, suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, финский, finlandés, finés

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, saksalainen, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , немецкий, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, kreikkalainen, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", греческий, грек, griego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italialainen, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 японски език, японци, японски, japanilainen, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょяпонски език, японци, японски, japanilainen, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", японский, японец, japonés

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", русский, ruso

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, espanjalainen, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , испанский, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, englantia, englantilainen, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, английский, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Spoken
11. Quotations: Speeches
12. Expressions
13. Translations: Modern
14. Bible Trace
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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