another
Syllables: an·oth·er/əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/
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proscribed/eɪˈnʌð.ɚ/
another determiner: one more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
Determiner
another
- 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.
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans...
- Not the same; different.
- Do you know another way to do this job?
- From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- 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.
- But that is another story and will be told another time.1983, Michael Ende, translated by Ralph Manheim, The Neverending Story, →ISBN, page 53
Pronoun
another
- An additional one of the same kind.
- This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
- There is one sterling and here is another
- One that is different from the current one.
- I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.
- I've thought about moving to another city at one time or another.
- One of a group of things of the same kind.
- His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.
another meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Arabic and Persian
another in Tamil
- one more, in addition to a former number
- வேறு vēṟu, மற்ற maṟṟa
another in Marathi
- one more, in addition to a former number
- अजून एक ajūn ek, आणखीन एक āṇkhīn ek, अधिक एक adhik ek
- not the same; different
- दुसरे dusre, वेगळे vegḷe
- any or some
- दुसरे dusre, दुसरा dusrā, दुसरी dusrī
another in Arabic
- one more, in addition to a former number
- آخَر ʔāḵar, إِضَافِيّ ʔiḍāfiyy
- not the same; different
- آخَر ʔāḵar, أُخْرَى ʔuḵrā
another in Persian
- one more, in addition to a former number
- دیگر digar, افزون afzun
- not the same; different
- دیگر digar
More languagesFewer languages
- another in Thai
- อีก ìik
- another in Vietnamese
- nữa
- another in Myanmar
- တခြား ta.hkra:
Examples of another in a sentence
- Climbing up that steep ridge isn't on. We'll have to find another route.
- Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.
- For six hours the tide flows in, then for another six hours it flows out.
Forms of another
| alternative Jamaica | anoda |
|---|---|
| alternative form | anothah |
| alternative form | anothuh |
| alternative form | anotha |
| alternative form | anotha' |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | anudda |
| alternative pronunciation-spelling | anuddah |
| alternative form | nother |
Origin of another
From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an + other.
Words formed from another
- and another thing
- A. N. Other
- another country heard from
- another county heard from
- another day in paradise
- another matter
- another nail in someone's coffin
- another one bites the dust
- another pair of shoes
- another place
- another story
- another string to one's bow
- another thing
- at one time or another
- be another thing
- brother from another mother
- factitious disorder imposed on another
- find another gear
- for another thing
- for one reason or another
- have another thing coming
- have another think
- have another think coming
- have another thought coming
- if it's not one thing it's another
- in another world
- just another pretty face
- live on top of one another
- live to fight another day
- made for one another
- make fish of one and flesh of another
- make fish of one and fowl of another
- many another
- not just another pretty face
- on another note
- one after another
- one another
- one bad turn deserves another
- one good turn deserves another
- one man's fish is another man's poison
- one man's fish is another man's poisson
- one man's loss is another man's gain
- one man's meat is another man's poison
- one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
- one man's trash is another man's treasure
- one nail drives out another
- one thing after another
- one thing leads to another
- one thing led to another
- one thing or another
- one way or another
- one with another
- one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
- one word leads to another
- play one against another
- sail on another board
- sister from another mister
- somehow or another
- some something or another
- something or another
Phrases with another
- tell us another
- ANOTHER syndrome
- finds another gear
- found another gear
- tell me another one
- tell us another one
- finding another gear
- one thing and another
- to put it another way
- tomorrow is another day
- had another thing coming
- had another think coming
33 more phrasesFewer phrases
- has another thing coming
- has another think coming
- will the good of another
- plays one against another
- wills the good of another
- another nail in the coffin
- lived to fight another day
- lives to fight another day
- played one against another
- willed the good of another
- another day, another dollar
- having another thing coming
- having another think coming
- living to fight another day
- playing one against another
- sisters from another mister
- willing the good of another
- brothers from another mother
- as one door closes, another opens
- six to one, half dozen to another
- when one door shuts, another opens
- when one door closes, another opens
- made fish of one and fowl of another
- made fish of one and flesh of another
- makes fish of one and fowl of another
- makes fish of one and flesh of another
- making fish of one and fowl of another
- when one door shuts, another one opens
- making fish of one and flesh of another
- when one door closes, another one opens
- when one door shuts, another door opens
- when one door closes, another door opens
- Some Old Hippie Caught Another Hippie Tripping On Acid
Words that rhyme with another
Questions about another
- What does another mean?
- Another means one more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
- What is another in Tamil?
- Another in Tamil is வேறு (vēṟu), மற்ற (maṟṟa). See Another meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is another?
- Another can be a determiner or a pronoun.
- How do you pronounce another?
- Another is pronounced /əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/.
Words near another in the dictionary
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