another

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Determiner 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

an + other.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈnʌðə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /@"nVD@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /əˈnʌðɚ/, SAMPA: /@"nVD@`/
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• Rhymes: -ʌðə(r)
• Hyphenation: an‧oth‧er

[edit] Determiner

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?

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.

   He has never known another like her.

[edit] Usage notes

• 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]

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• other

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• Notes:

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

• another in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aehnort
• on earth