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anymore
adverb
used
after
a
verb
,
especially
in
negative
or
question
forms
,
to
say
that
something
that
happened
or
was
true
in
the
past
no
longer
happens
or
is
no
longer
true
now
•
I
don
’
t
eat
meat
anymore
.
I
don
’
t
eat
meat
anymore
.
•
Do
you
play
basketball
anymore
,
or
have
you
switched
sports
?
Do
you
play
basketball
anymore
,
or
have
you
switched
sports
?
Derived
from
the
phrase
“
any
more
”
meaning
“
any
longer
”,
later
written
as
a
single
word
in
North
American
English
for
the
adverbial
use
in
negative
contexts
.
adverb
informal
,
chiefly
North
American
:
used
in
positive
sentences
to
mean
“
nowadays
”
or
“
these
days
”
•
Kids
anymore
spend
more
time
on
their
phones
than
on
bicycles
.
Kids
anymore
spend
more
time
on
their
phones
than
on
bicycles
.
•
Traffic
is
terrible
anymore
,
even
in
small
towns
.
Traffic
is
terrible
anymore
,
even
in
small
towns
.
Extension
of
the
older
negative-polarity
“
anymore
”
to
positive
contexts
in
some
North
American
and
Irish
English
dialects
during
the
20th
century
.
