another

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
  2. Not the same; different.
  3. Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.
pron
  1. An additional one of the same kind.
  2. One that is different from the current one.
  3. One of a group of things of the same kind.

Pronunciation

/əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/ En-uk-another.ogg /ænˈʌð.ə(ɹ)/ /əˈnʌð.ɚ/ En-us-another.ogg /ænˈʌð.ɚ/ /eɪˈnʌð.ɚ/ /əˈnʊð.ə(ɹ)/ /ænˈʊð.ə(ɹ)/ /ˈə.nə.d̪ɜ(r)/ /ˌɜ ˈnə.d̪ɜ(r)/

Word forms

another anoda anotha anotha' anudda anuddah nother

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an Proto-Indo-European *h₂en Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other Middle English another English another From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an + other.

Related words

Derived words

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
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