| query | If you remain a________ when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it. You can remain anonymous if you wish. An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money. ...anonymous phone calls. Both mother and daughter, who have requested anonymity, are doing fine. The latest photographs were sent anonymously to the magazine's headquarters. |
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| word | anonymous |
| full-definition | adjective If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it. You can remain anonymous if you wish. An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the prize money. ...anonymous phone calls. Both mother and daughter, who have requested anonymity, are doing fine. The latest photographs were sent anonymously to the magazine's headquarters. Something that is anonymous does not reveal who you are. Of course, that would have to be by anonymous vote. He claims many more people would support him in the anonymity of a voting booth. If you describe a place as anonymous, you dislike it because it has no unusual or interesting features and seems unwelcoming . ...the most anonymous part of north-west Washington. It's nice to stay in a home rather than in an anonymous holiday villa. ...the anonymity of the rented room. |
| inflections | anonymityanonymouslyanonymityanonymity |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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