Meaning of anonymous in English

anonymous

adjective

/əˈnɒn.ɪ.məs/ us

/əˈnɑː.nə.məs/

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made or done by someone whose name is not known or not made public:

The money was donated by an anonymous benefactor.

Police said an anonymous caller warned that a bomb was about to go off.

An attempt to implant an embryo using an egg from an anonymous woman donor was unsuccessful.

He received an anonymous letter threatening to disclose details of his affair if he didn't pay the money.

For reasons of personal safety, the informant wishes to remain anonymous.

having no unusual or interesting features:

He has a rather anonymous face.

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An anonymous letter alerted police to the possibility of a terrorist attack at the airport.
An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
Thanks to a large gift from an anonymous donor, the charity was able to continue its work.
After years of research, scholars have finally ascribed this anonymous play to Christopher Marlowe.
An anonymous tipster has leaked confidential government information to the press.

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(Definition of anonymous from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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anonymous

adjective [ not gradable ]

/əˈnɑn·ə·məs/

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(made or done by someone) with a name that is not known or not made public:

an anonymous donor

an anonymous gift

anonymously

adverb us

/əˈnɑn·ə·mə·sli/

The donation was made anonymously.

(Definition of anonymous from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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I would like to thank the anonymous reviewer for providing me with the idea and source of these two paintings.

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We thank the patients who participated in this study and three anonymous assessors.

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Also, two anonymous readers of an earlier draft, who stimulated its substantial revision.

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We appreciate useful comments from the anonymous referee.

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Thus, the participant/ sample were anonymous to the study team.

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I am grateful to an anonymous referee for drawing my attention to these valuable contributions to the coercion literature. 17.

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The author is grateful to an anonymous reviewer for clarification on this point.

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Moreover, and as an anonymous referee also correctly noted, the use of concrete and abstract adjectives is not well motivated and may even seem spurious.

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We thank an anonymous reviewer for helping us to see the result this way.

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They are all neutral and anonymous places where people do not really meet each other but remain strictly passengers or passers-by.

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Finally, thanks are extended to an anonymous referee for careful reading of the paper and helpful comments.

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Finally, we thank an anonymous referee whose detailed comments helped to improve the presentation of the paper.

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On this account, anonymous living organ donation is clearly an altruistic act.

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There should be anonymous reporting systems or a designated committee to handle such information and establish appropriate safeguards against repercussions.

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A similar proposal was made by one of the anonymous reviewers.

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匿名的, 不知姓名的, 名字不公開的…

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