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[ uh -nuhth -er ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈnʌð ər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective being one more or more of the same; further; additional: another piece of cake.
different; distinct; of a different period, place, or kind: at another time; another man.
very similar to; of the same kind or category as: What we need today is another Thomas Jefferson.
pronoun one more; an additional one: That first hot dog tasted so good I'd like another.
a different one; something different: going from one house to another.
one like the first: one copy for her and another for him.
a person other than oneself or the one specified: He told her he loved another.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of another Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at an1 , other
Words nearby another anosmia, anosognosia, anosognosic epilepsy, anospinal, anostosis, another , another county heard from, another-guess, anotia, Anouilh, an ounce of prevention
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
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He appeared to understand however belatedly that he was in the presence of another kind of greatness.
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I don't know how long I waited—perhaps another hour—when I thought I would try again.
The Sign of Silence | William Le Queux
She laid Joy down in a corner of the ravine the furthest removed from the fire; she could not have carried her another inch.
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I have another secret, dear, but this one is not like the other, a sin of my own making.
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By Seti's side there was another throne, that in which he had set dead Merapi with a crown upon her head.
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They have done better than the average archaeologist with one or another find to his credit.
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British Dictionary definitions for another (1 of 2) determiner one more; an added another chance (as pronoun ) help yourself to another a different; alternative another era from ours (as pronoun ) to try one path, then another a different example of the same sort another Beethoven (as pronoun ) we got rid of one loafer, but I think this new man's another another place the other House of Parliament (used in the House of Commons to refer to the House of Lords and vice versa)
Word Origin for another C14: originally an other
British Dictionary definitions for another (2 of 2) noun British an unnamed person: used in team lists, etc, to indicate a place that remains to be filled
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with another In addition to the idiom beginning with another
another county heard from also see:
dance to another tune have another guess coming horse of a different (another) color one good turn deserves another one man's meat is another man's poison one way or another sing a different (another) tune tomorrow is another day wear another hat SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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Words related to another other, that, addition, something else, else, farther, fresh, further, more, new, added