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əˈnʌð əran·oth·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. another(a), some otheradjective

    any of various alternatives; some other

    "put it off to another (or some other) day"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Anotheradjective

    Etymology: from an and other.

    He that will not lay a foundation for perpetual disorder, must of necessity find another rise of government than that. John Locke.

    ———— A fourth? ————
    Start eye!
    What! will the line stretch out to th’ crack of doom?
    Another yet? —— a seventh! I’ll see no more. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

    If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him. 1 Samuel, ii. 25.

    Why not of her? preferr’d above the rest,
    By him with knightly deeds, and open love profess’d;
    So had another been, where he his vows address’d. John Dryden, Fables.

    A man shall have diffused his life, his self, and his whole concernments so far, that he can weep his sorrows with another’s eyes; when he has another heart besides his own, both to share, and to support his grief. South.

    When the soul is beaten from its station, and the mounds of virtue are broken down, it becomes quite another thing from what it was before. South.

Wikipedia

  1. Another

    Another Lonely Night is a single by American country music artist Jean Shepard. Released in November 1970, it was the first and only single for her 1971 album Here and Now. The song reached #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It was covered the same year by American country music artist Lynn Anderson on her album Rose Garden.

ChatGPT

  1. another

    Another refers to something or someone distinct and different from what has already been mentioned or seen, often used to indicate an additional or alternative option or occurrence. It implies another instance or alternative version of something that has already been referred to or experienced.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Another

    one more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect

  2. Another

    not the same; different

  3. Another

    any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else

  4. Etymology: [An a, one + other.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Another

    an-uth′ėr, adj. not the same: a different or distinct (thing or person): one more: a second: one more of the same kind: any other.—One another, now used as a compound reciprocal pronoun (of two or more); One with another, taken all together, taken on the average.—You're another, the vulgar Tu quoque. [Orig. an other.]

Editors Contribution

  1. another

    An identical type.

    They had another meal prepared for their family as they loved to spend time together.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 8, 2020  

Suggested Resources

  1. Another

    Another vs. Other -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Another and Other.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'another' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #143

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'another' in Written Corpus Frequency: #182

Anagrams for another »

  1. on Earth

  2. on earth

  3. rheotan

  4. athenor

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of another in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of another in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of another in a Sentence

  1. Martin Navias:

    We won't know for another few days or weeks whether this was [ a hydrogen bomb ], it doesn't look like one ;... one would have expected [ the power ] to be greater if it was an H-bomb.

  2. Naomi Osaka:

    I already know that to be here is something that a lot of people want, and I know that a few months ago I would have given anything to be in the semi-finals of a Grand Slam, but it's this weird feeling of you want to do the next big thing. And especially now that I won a Grand Slam, and I feel like I want to win another one, and I'm so close and I just want to keep going.

  3. Michael Watkins:

    The Mars Helicopter project has gone from' blue sky' feasibility study to workable engineering concept to achieving the first flight on another world in a little over six years.

  4. Amanda Crump:

    Why does one race discriminate against another race ? I mean, it was a white guy who went into Walmart and shot all those Mexicans, it's just not right.

  5. Wisdom kdw:

    No let another man success make you think say you know they try...

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