another

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

an + other.

Alternative forms [edit]

  • anoda (Jamaican English)

Pronunciation [edit]

Determiner [edit]

another

  1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
    Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
  2. Not the same; different.
    Do you know another way to do this job?
    But that is another story and will be told another time .
    1979 , Micheal Ende , The Neverending Story , p.53 , ISBN 0140386335
  3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
    He has never known another like her.

Usage notes [edit]

  • As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (plural: others, or possessive plural other). It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others.
    • Milton
      These two imparadised in one another's arms.
  • Another is sometimes abused by saying, "a whole nother." This is a colloquialism which should not be used in formal writing.[1] The proper way to say this would be either "a whole other" or a "another whole."

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Translations [edit]

one more, in addition to a former number
not the same; different
any or some
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References [edit]

  1. ^ ""List of grammatical errors from Paul Brians of Washington State University"", URL accessed on 2009-05-06.

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