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1. (conj.) an
Pron. Spelling.
2. an
Archaic.
3. An
Chem. Symbol. actinon.
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| Definition of 'an' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Associate in Nursing, AN
an associate degree in nursing
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1. an
indicates a single person or thing, not a particular one
a woman; an apple
2. an
one
a million dollars
3. an
a person or thing of a particular type
It's a Toyota.; I'm an architect.
4. an
each or every
twice a day; A dog needs love.
5. an
indicates an amount
a lot of people; a few times; a little help; an endless supply
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1. an
this word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every
2. an
if; -- a word used by old English authors
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Sense: one
There is a boy in the garden.
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 Afrikaans: 'n |
 Arabic: واحِد |
 Bulgarian: един, една, едно |
 Brazilian: um/a |
 Czech: jeden, nějaký |
 German: ein/e |
 Danish: en |
 Greek: ένας |
 Spanish: un, una |
 Estonian: (umbmäärane artikkel, jää |
 Farsi: یک |
 Finnish: yksi |
 French: un, une |
 Hebrew: אֶחָד, אַחַת |
 Hindi: एक |
 Croatian: jedan, jedna, jedno |
 Hungarian: egy |
 Indonesian: satu, seorang |
 Icelandic: óákveðinn greinir, án sam |
 Italian: un, uno, una |
 Japanese: １つの |
 Korean: 어떤 하나의 |
 Malay: seorang |
 Dutch: een |
 Norwegian: en, ei, et |
 Persian: یک |
 Pashto: يو |
 Portuguese: um/a |
 Romanian: un, o |
 Russian: один |
 Slovak: jeden, nejaký, akýsi |
 Slovenian: en, eden |
 Serbian: jedan |
 Swedish: en, ett |
 Thai: หนึ่ง |
 Turkish: bir |
 Taiwanese: 一(數量詞) |
 Ukrainian: один |
 Urdu: ایک |
 Vietnamese: một |
 Chinese: 一（个） |
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