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Definition of anonymous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

anonymous adjective   /əˈnɒnɪməs/  /əˈnɑːnɪməs/ jump to other results

1.  (of a person) with a name that is not known or that is not made public
   • an anonymous donor
   • The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous.
   • the largely anonymous perpetrators of terrorist acts
   Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
   • be
   • become
   • remain
   • …
   adverb
   • completely
   • entirely
   • totally
   • …
   phrases
   • prefer to remain anonymous
   • wish to remain anonymous
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2.  written, given, made, etc. by somebody who does not want their name to be known or made public
   • an anonymous letter
3. without any unusual or interesting features
   • long stretches of dull and anonymous countryside
   • new housing estates with their anonymous tower blocks and large barren spaces
Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek anōnumos ‘nameless’ (from an- ‘without’ + onoma ‘name’) + -ous.

See anonymous in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee anonymous in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation: anonymous

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• anonymization noun
• anonymize verb
• anonymous adjective
• anonymous FTP noun
• anonymously adverb

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