anotheran‧oth‧er /əˈnʌðə $ -ər/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, pronoun 
I’m going to have another cup of coffee. There’ll be another bus along in a few minutes. Buy two CDs and get another completely free.another of Is this another of your schemes to make money? Not another word was spoken. Oh look, there’s another one of those birds. This misunderstanding is yet another example of bad communication (=there have already been several).another 2/10/100 etc (=an additional amount or number) We’ll have to wait another three weeks for the results. There’s still another £100 to pay.2a different one not the same thing, person etc, but a different one: They must have returned by another route. We finally moved to another apartment. I’m busy right now. Could you come back another time? Helen resigned from her last job and has yet to find another.another of The gold watch was a present from another of his girlfriends.from one ... to another She spends the day rushing from one meeting to another.3one another used to say that two or more people or things do the same thing to each other or share a relationship: They seem to love one another very much. The streets are all at right angles to one another.4one ... or another used to say that there are many different types of something, or many possibilities, rather than being specific: All the kids in this class have learning difficulties of one sort or another. people who, for one reason or another, can’t have children5 one after another used to talk about a series of similar things or events: Small businesses have been collapsing one after another.6not another ... ! spoken used when a series of bad or annoying things have happened and something of the same type seems to have just happened again: Oh no! Not another accident!7be another thing/matter used to suggest that something may not be true, possible, easy etc, after mentioning something that is: It is true that his programme is original, though whether it is funny is quite another matter. It is one thing to talk about ‘involving the students’; it is quite another thing to actually do this.8and another thing spoken used to introduce something additional that you want to say to someone about a different subject: And another thing. You were late for work again this morning.9similar person/thing used with the name of a well-known person, thing, event etc to mean someone or something else that is similar because they have the same good or bad qualities: warnings that not enough has been done to prevent another Chernobyl There’ll never be another Elvis Presley.GRAMMAR: SpellingAnother is written as one word: · There must be another way of doing it. ✗Don’t write: an other
Longman Language Activatorto try to make someone less angry
use this to talk about one person or thing that is similar to the one you already have: · "I've lost my pencil." "Don't worry, here's another."another person/thing/glass etc: · Would you like another drink?· She got another chance to see him after the show.another one: · "That was a good cup of coffee." "Would you like another one?"another of: · This is just another of his crazy ideas. Ignore it.
another - use this to emphasize that this will be the last one: · One more drink and then I really have to go.· I'll give you one more chance to tell the truth.
in addition to the usual amount or number - use this about something useful that you may need: · Bring an extra set of clothes in case you decide to stay overnight.· Do you want to earn some extra cash?
: spare room/key/tyre etc another room, key etc that you do not usually use but you can use if you need to: · I always leave a set of spare keys with my neighbor.· All cars have to carry a spare tyre by law.
formal more than the usual or expected amount: · There will be an additional charge for any extra baggage.· Additional security was provided for the President's visit.
ways of adding something to what you have just said spoken use this to add something, especially something that gives more force to what you have just said: · What's more this stuff is cheap to manufacture so we should make a big profit.and what's more: · The prisoner has a gun, and what's more he's prepared to use it.
spoken use this especially when you are giving another reason for something: · I don't mind picking up your things from the store. Besides, the walk will do me good.· Sonya says she couldn't get here through all the snow. Besides, her car's broken down.
use this when you want to change the subject and talk about something else you have thought of or remembered. Incidentally is more formal than by the way: · How is she, by the way? I hear she's been ill.· I'll meet you at eight o'clock. Oh, by the way, could you ask John to come too?· The course is organized by Sheila Dean who, by the way, is head of marketing now.· Incidentally, these products can be dangerous if used carelessly.· He was offered a raise of 18% which, incidentally, is double what the rest of us got.
informal an abbreviation for 'by the way', used especially in e-mail messages when you want to add some news at the end of a message: · BTW, I got a message from Andy. He's getting married in June.
use this to introduce something that makes the situation more interesting, more surprising, worse etc: · There will be live music and food, not to mention games and prizes for the whole family!· Climbers have to carry all their equipment on their backs, not to mention their tents and bedding.· Several rare South American mammals escaped from the zoo, not to mention a three-metre-long python.
formal use this especially to introduce more information that will help persuade people to agree with what you are saying: · This new equipment will be very expensive to set up. Furthermore, more machines will mean fewer jobs.· The drug has powerful side effects. Moreover, it can be addictive.
as well as other problems or bad things you have just mentioned: · On top of all this the management has decided to make us come in on Saturdays.· ... and on top of everything else my TV's broken.
spoken use this at the beginning of a sentence to show you are going to add something else to what you have just said, especially when you are complaining about something: · And another thing! Where's the fifty dollars you owe me?
more of the same thing, or another one of the same things more of the same thing: · I gave him $200 last week, and he's already asking for more.· There were more riots in the capital last night when protestors clashed with police.more of: · Those interested in seeing more of the sculptor's work can visit the Sacre Monte museum.three more/100 more etc: · Some of the students arrived today, and about 20 more will be here tomorrow.· I might buy a couple more of those scarves.some more/any more/no more: · Is there any more beer in the fridge?· Why don't you go upstairs and do some more homework?· Officials are satisfied that no more bodies are buried in the ruins.a few more: · Can you give me a few more minutes?one more (=the last of several): · I'll just have one more drink before I go.a bit moreBritish /a little (bit) more American: · Sally read a bit more of her book to keep her mind off things.
one more thing, person, or amount of the same kind: · Would you like another drink?· Look, your glass is cracked. I'll get you another.another of: · Still to come on Channel West, another of our special reports from Florida.another ten minutes/five miles/two gallons etc: · Add the pasta and heat the soup for another ten minutes.· For another 80 bucks, you could have a wide-screen TV with Internet access.another one: · Pass me another one of those folders.
more of something, in addition to the usual or standard amount or number: · Residents may use the hotel swimming pool at no extra charge.extra ten minutes/three pounds/four gallons etc: · You get an extra 5% discount if you buy your software on-line.· The voting booths stayed open for an extra two hours in some states.be/cost/charge etc extra (=to be, cost, charge etc extra money): · Dinner costs $15, but wine is extra.· Most small providers offer their customers free Web space, but larger providers often charge extra.
more than the amount or number that was agreed or expected at the beginning of something: · Our own car broke down, so we had the additional expense of renting a car.an additional £10/10 miles/10 minutes etc: · Judge Mathes sentenced her first to a year and later to an additional three months in jail for contempt.
formal more, in addition to what there is already or what has happened already: · The doctors are keeping her in hospital to do further tests.· For further information, contact the help line.a further £10/10 miles/10 minutes etc: · Strike action will continue for a further 24 hours.
: added advantage/benefit/protection etc another advantage or more of something that makes something better or more effective: · The new computer is as good as the old one, with the added advantage of being smaller.· Buy a high-factor sun lotion, and wear a hat for added protection.
a spare tyre, key, room etc is one that you have in addition to the ones you normally use, so that it is available if another one is needed: · We carried Ros upstairs and laid her on the spare bed.· Pauline keeps a spare key hanging in the closet upstairs.
provided in addition to what already exists, in order to help people or improve something: · Some supplementary finance is available in the form of grants or loans.· The Investment Business Gazettes offer very useful supplementary information.
instead of the one that you had before your new job, home etc is the one you got most recently, and is different from the one you had before: · Don't forget to give me your new address.· Have you met Keith's new girlfriend?· After the divorce, she went off to Canada to start a new life.
if you want another job, another house etc, you want it instead of the one that you have now: · After ten years with the same firm I decided it was time to look for another job.· If you don't like one doctor, you can ask to see another.
if you replace something that is old or damaged, you put a new one in its place to be used instead of it: · I'll have to replace my car soon - this one's done 130,000 miles.· The roof was in such bad condition that it needed to be completely replaced.replace something with something: · They're replacing the old windows with modern ones.
new and recently made, added, brought etc in order to replace or add to the one before: · Shall I make a fresh pot of coffee? This one's cold.· It's surprising how a fresh coat of paint can improve the appearance of a room.· The camp had almost run out of food when helicopters arrived with fresh supplies.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Not another word was spoken. Oh look, there’s another one of those birds. This misunderstanding is yet another example of bad communication (=there have already been several). She spends the day rushing from one meeting to another.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Why does my card work in one cash machine and not in another? He couldn’t bring himself to say what he thought. For one thing, she seldom stopped to listen. For another, he doubted that he could make himself clear. Just give him some excuse or other. yet another reason to be cautious
Not another word was spoken. Oh look, there’s another one of those birds. This misunderstanding is yet another example of bad communication (=there have already been several). (=an additional amount or number) We’ll have to wait another three weeks for the results. There’s still another £100 to pay.
We’ll have to wait another three weeks for the results. There’s still another £100 to pay. She spends the day rushing from one meeting to another.· The interview went badly, so I didn’t think they would give me a second chance.
spoken (=used to say that you are completely full)· Thanks, that was lovely, but I couldn’t eat another thing.
(=discuss each other’s ideas and think of good new ones)· Our regular meetings are opportunities to fire ideas off each other.
· Subtract this number from the total.
· What happens if you multiply a positive number by a negative number?
· You can’t divide a prime number by any other number, except 1.
Why does my card work in one cash machine and not in another? He couldn’t bring himself to say what he thought. For one thing, she seldom stopped to listen. For another, he doubted that he could make himself clear.· The dress was too small for me, or, to put it another way, I was too big for it.
Just give him some excuse or other. (=of various different sorts)· Quite a large number of them suffered injuries of one sort or another.
yet another reason to be cautiousPHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► not another ... !PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► one after another/one after the other► another/a second bite at the cherry► have another card up your sleeve► not give something a second thought/another thought► lurch from one crisis/extreme etc to another► one man’s meat is another man’s poison► one after another/one after the other► It’s one thing to ... it’s (quite) another to► tell me another (one)► it’s one thing to ..., (it’s) another thing to ...,► what with one thing and another► taking one thing with another► one good turn deserves another► another woman/the other woman
1additional one more person or thing of the same type: - And that is another matter entirely.
- But for many of us, reading is another thing altogether.
- But the administration that has now begun work in Washington will be another matter altogether.
- Defending a U. S. Senate seat is another matter.
- Indeed it can: but whether the argument would carry any weight is another matter entirely.
- Real art is another matter and, despite recent genuflections towards Rembrandt, a rarity becoming rarer.
- Whether I understood them was another matter.
- Whether they will be allowed to evict their unwelcome, unsavoury, tenants, from belfries and elsewhere, is another matter.
- And another thing! Where's the fifty dollars you owe me?
- Oh, and another thing: Prices will go down, too, as much as three to five bucks per dish.
- We always call one another during the holidays.
- Geschke and Warnock are mirror images of one another, right down to the silver beards.
- His mum and I held one another up.
- I want them to treat one another with courtesy and respect.
- Prisoners tried to sell saucepans to one another.
- They had barely greeted one another when Pam demanded to know what Margaret thought she was doing.
- This makes the wings very soft to the touch and probably cuts down noise from feathers moving against one another during flight.
- Women ran screaming with children in their arms, and old folk tripped over one another trying to escape the slaughter.
- At least 50 percent of the Soviet budget in one form or another goes to the military defense complex.
- Besides, he got his point across, one way or another, and usually in Chicago style.
- It featured more than five locos in steam at one time or another.
- Other speakers adapt to far more, perhaps to most of them, at one time or another.
- Some twenty percent of all Oscar-winning actors, actresses and directors have been married to each other at one time or another.
- The plates slide toward one direction or another and, inevitably, their ridges move off the hot spots that found them.
- Three, in one form or another, are still in the budget bill passed by Congress and vetoed by President Clinton.
- To enhance our chances of making such discoveries many of us use maps of one kind or another.
- Ever since we moved into this house, it's been one problem after another.
- He's had one problem after another this year.
- As they came ashore herrings fell off, one after another.
- Autumn drew on in Mitford, and one after another, the golden days were illumined with changing light.
- Deliberate and unhurried, he tried them one after another in the lock under the white, nineteenth-century china handle.
- Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.
- Just one after another on the streets.
- On Saturday evenings everybody in the family had a bath one after another in an old tin bath in front of the fire.
- The hummingbird which feeds on it must therefore visit many plants, one after another.
- This central area was the scene of three great changes, one after another.
- But the wilful destruction of young lives was a different kettle of fish altogether.
- For machines with pots of memory and using Windows, though, RAMdrive is a different kettle of fish.
- Harvey, with his public school accent and laid-back manner, was a different kettle of fish.
- Miss Braithwaite was clearly a different kettle of fish from the other Deaconess he'd met, Miss Tilley.
- The other envelope, however, was a different kettle of fish.
- The Schaubu hne is a different kettle of fish.
- Tonally the Atlantis is a different kettle of fish from any Rick I've ever played before.
- Whether or not he would ever admit it was a different kettle of fish entirely.
- A conciliatory gesture, some argued, would appease the cardinal and Holy Trinity would live to fight another day.
- By his diplomacy, it was true, Gordon had lived to fight another day.
- Having lived to fight another day, Mayer did - with Sam Goldwyn.
- Or will they live to fight another day?
- Pol pot lives to fight another day despite butchering millions of his people.
- The choice for us was whether to take a strike unprepared or to live to fight another day.
- As a replacement for the Bluebird, the Primera is on another planet.
- People in the Antelope Valley worry that most people south of the mountains think that their valley is on another planet.
- And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
- But the consumer could benefit still further.
- Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
- His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
- I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
- Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
- The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
- I did not get home till 6:00 am on sunday after the spurs game!!! but that's another story.
- It also causes lucrative publicity and a scapegoat, but that's another story.
- Like Birdie Walker, I survived, but that's another story.
- There's room for even more, but that's another story.
- You could, of course, buy one of the super Chunky machines - but that's another story!
- Let me tell you something - if I catch you kids smoking, you'll be grounded for a whole year at least.
- But one thing leads to another, and Sister Helen finds herself challenged to put her beliefs on the line.
- I know that and I do understand why, but one thing leads to another, you know how it is.
- You can be sure one thing leads to another.
- Just one damn thing after another.
- She was merely coping with one thing after another, not achieving.
- Then it was one thing after another, his obese stage, his alcoholic stage.
- If they think it's going to be an easy game, they've got another think coming!
- "I'm really sorry about that." "Don't give another thought."
- "I'm sorry we had to cancel the party.'' "Oh, please don't give it another thought. It wasn't your fault that you were ill!''
- One way or another, Roberts will pay for what he's done.
- As you grow older, some of those uncertainties - such as whether or not you are lovable - are settled one way or another.
- But the fact is that the way we live our lives often assumes a belief about them, one way or another.
- In one way or another, all these therapies seem to have an effect on the electrical balances of the body.
- In one way or another, the representatives will be compared with the total client system.
- In one way or another, whatever happened, instinct told him that they would both survive.
- Many others were involved in small business issues one way or another.
- My gut feeling is that one way or another Congress will pull through.
- Then one way or another he would have to deal with Capshaw.
I’m going to have another cup of coffee. There’ll be another bus along in a few minutes. Buy two CDs and get another completely free.another of Is this another of your schemes to make money? Not another word was spoken. Oh look, there’s another one of those birds. This misunderstanding is yet another example of bad communication (=there have already been several).another 2/10/100 etc (=an additional amount or number) We’ll have to wait another three weeks for the results. There’s still another £100 to pay.2a different one not the same thing, person etc, but a different one: They must have returned by another route. We finally moved to another apartment. I’m busy right now. Could you come back another time? Helen resigned from her last job and has yet to find another.another of The gold watch was a present from another of his girlfriends.from one ... to another She spends the day rushing from one meeting to another.3one another used to say that two or more people or things do the same thing to each other or share a relationship: They seem to love one another very much. The streets are all at right angles to one another.4one ... or another used to say that there are many different types of something, or many possibilities, rather than being specific: All the kids in this class have learning difficulties of one sort or another. people who, for one reason or another, can’t have children5 one after another used to talk about a series of similar things or events: Small businesses have been collapsing one after another.6not another ... ! spoken used when a series of bad or annoying things have happened and something of the same type seems to have just happened again: Oh no! Not another accident!7be another thing/matter used to suggest that something may not be true, possible, easy etc, after mentioning something that is: It is true that his programme is original, though whether it is funny is quite another matter. It is one thing to talk about ‘involving the students’; it is quite another thing to actually do this.8and another thing spoken used to introduce something additional that you want to say to someone about a different subject: And another thing. You were late for work again this morning.9similar person/thing used with the name of a well-known person, thing, event etc to mean someone or something else that is similar because they have the same good or bad qualities: warnings that not enough has been done to prevent another Chernobyl There’ll never be another Elvis Presley.GRAMMAR: SpellingAnother is written as one word: · There must be another way of doing it. ✗Don’t write: an other