anymore
adv. timeadv. to show that something was true in the past but is not true now. You usually use it at the end of a negative sentence.
adv. to indicate that a previously ongoing state or action has ceased. Typically functions as a negative polarity item, appearing in negative clauses or questions.
I do not eat meat anymore.
We used to be close friends in high school, but we do not talk to each other anymore.
The factory, which once employed half the town, does not produce textiles anymore, having been converted into a series of luxury lofts and art galleries.
From any + more.
Typically placed at the end of a negative clause. In North American English, it is spelled as one word; in British English, 'any more' is often preferred for this sense.
I anymore live thereI don't live there anymoreThe adverb must be placed at the end of the clause and requires a negative verb like 'do not'.
- 01
not in Kansas anymore
No longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings.
- 02
they don't make them like that anymore
Expressing such notions as that the person referred to is excellent and that owing to the decline of society, such people have become rarer; the old school was better; the youth today lack something that previous generations had more of; all the good ones are taken; and so on.