anyplace
[ en-ee-pleys ]
/ ˈɛn iˌpleɪs /
adverb
usage note for anyplace
The adverb
anyplace is most often written as one word:
Anyplace you look there are ruins. It occurs mainly in informal speech and only occasionally in writing.
Anywhere is by far the more common form in formal speech and edited writing. The same holds true, respectively, of the adverbial pairs
everyplace and
everywhere;
noplace and
nowhere; and
someplace and
somewhere. The two-word noun phrases
any place,
every place,
no place, and
some place occur, however, in all contexts:
We can build the house in any place we choose. There's no place like home.
Words nearby anyplace
anyhow,
anymore,
anyon,
anyone,
anyone's guess,
anyplace,
anyroad,
anything,
anything but,
anything goes,
anything like
Example sentences from the Web for anyplace
British Dictionary definitions for anyplace
anyplace
/ (ˈɛnɪˌpleɪs) /
adverb
US and Canadian informal
in, at, or to any unspecified place