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'nother

'nother is the contraction of another.

'nother is the alternative spelling of nother.

Meaning of another

Determiner

another

  1. One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; 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 other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.
    • One gold ingot is valued the same as another, but gemstones are valued individually.

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Meaning of nother

Pronoun

nother

  1. (obsolete outside UK and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

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Phrases with 'nother

Questions about 'nother

What is 'nother the contraction of?
'nother is the contraction of another.

Words near 'nother in the dictionary

  1. 'naners
  2. 'nation
  3. 'Na̱mg̱is
  4. 'neath
  5. 'Net
  6. 'nother
  7. 'nough
  8. 'ns
  9. 'nstead
  10. 'NSYNCer
  11. 'NSYNCers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'nother (page history and authors); another (page history and authors); nother (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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