Another

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Etymology

An a, one + other.

Pronunciation

IPA: WEAE /ʌˈnʌð.ɚ/

Pronoun or Adjective

another

  1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
    Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
  2. Not the same; different.
    Do you know another way to do this job?
  3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
    He has never known another like her.

Note: As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. These two imparadised in one another's arms.—Milton.

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Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

gl:another

io:another it:another hu:another ru:another fi:another ta:another uk:another zh:another

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