Jaira Ortiz
Nairobi (KEN)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
The CBO
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Location:
Kampala, Uganda
Industry:
Insurance
Year Founded:
2012
Number Employees:
1,000-10,000 people
Business Stage:
Creation/Idea
Entity Type:
Incorporated Outside United States
Description:
anything
/ˈɛnɪˌθɪŋ/
pronoun
1.
any object, event, action, etc, whatever: anything might happen
noun
2.
a thing of any kind: have you anything to declare?
adverb
3.
in any way: he wasn't anything like his father
4.
anything but, by no means; not in the least: she was anything but happy
5.
like anything, (intensifier; usually euphemistic): he ran like anything
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Word Origin and History for anything
n.
late Old English aniþing, from any + thing. But Old English ænig þinga apparently also meant "somehow, anyhow" (glossing Latin quoquo modo).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Idioms and Phrases with anything
anything
anything but
anything goes
anything like
also see:
can't do anything with
if anything
like anything
not anything like
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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