What does AN mean?

Definitions for AN
ən; when stressed ænan

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word AN.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Associate in Nursing, ANnoun

    an associate degree in nursing

Wiktionary

  1. ancontraction

    and

    She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon. The smart girl an' the silly boy.

  2. ANnoun

    A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.

  3. Etymology: From the preposition an/on.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Anarticle.

    The article indefinite, used before a vowel, or h mute.

    Etymology: ane , Saxon. een, Dutch, eine, German.

    Since he cannot be always employed in study, reading, and conversation, there will be many an hour, besides what his exercises will take up. John Locke.

    He was no way at an uncertainty, nor ever in the least at a loss concerning any branch of it. John Locke, on St. Paul’s Epistles.

    A wit’s a feather, and a chief a rod,
    An honest man’s the noblest work of God. Alexander Pope.

    It is certain, that odours do, in a small degree, nourish; especially the odour of wine; and we see men an hungred do love to smell hot bread. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

    He can’t flatter, he!
    An honest mind and plain, he must speak truth;
    An they will take it so; if not, he’s plain. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

    Well I know
    The clerk will ne’er wear hair on’s face that had it.
    ———— He will an’ if he live to be a man. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    My next pretty correspondent, like William Shakespeare’s lion in Pyramus and Thisbe, roars an’ it were any nightingale. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 121.

ChatGPT

  1. an

    "An" is a determiner in the English language used before nouns to indicate that the noun refers to something specific or known to both the speaker and the listener. It is the indefinite article and is typically used when referring to a singular, countable noun that is not specified or previously mentioned.

Webster Dictionary

  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

  3. Etymology: [Shortened fr. and, OE. an., and, sometimes and if, in introducing conditional clauses, like Icel. enda if, the same word as and. Prob. and was originally pleonastic before the conditional clause.]

Wikidata

  1. an

    .an is the Internet country code top-level domain for the former Netherlands Antilles. It is administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. As the Netherlands Antilles have been dissolved in 2010, the domain is being phased out. As of November 2010 the .an domain remains live with over 800 domains registered under .an including secondary levels.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. An

    an, adj. one: the indefinite article, used before words beginning with the sound of a vowel. [A.S. ān. See One.]

  2. An

    an, conj. if. [A form of And.]

Editors Contribution

  1. an

    Forming adjective.

    The word " an " is used to form a sentence.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. AN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, An is ranked #4353 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The An surname appeared 8,160 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname An.

    92.9% or 7,588 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.3% or 275 total occurrences were White.
    1.4% or 116 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 104 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.8% or 71 total occurrences were Black.
    0% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'AN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #34

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'AN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #92

Anagrams for AN »

  1. N.A.

  2. NA

  3. n.a.

  4. n/a

  5. na

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of AN in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of AN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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