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another meaning

EN[əˈnʌðə(ɹ)] [əˈnʌðɚ] [-ʌðə(r)]
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WAnother
  • Another or variant may refer to:
  • anOther or Another Magazine, culture and fashion magazine
  • Another (novel), a Japanese horror novel and anime series
  • Another River, a river in Alaska, United States
  • A. N. Other, a pseudonym

    Definition of another in English Dictionary

  • PronounPREano-
    1. The additional one of the same kind.
      1. I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.
    2. One that is different from the current one.
      1. This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
    3. One of the group of things of the same kind.
      1. His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.
  • Determiner
    1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
      1. Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks. ‎
    2. Not the same; different.
      1. Do you know another way to do this job? ‎
    3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
      1. He has never known another like her. ‎
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • The innovative twistgrip has yet another trick: from a standstill, twisting the grip forward activates reverse, helping the rider (slowly) back out of a tight parking space.
      • We need to cut back heavily on office supplies. Is there another vendor we can use?
      • It was only after Yakubu sliced another chance into the side netting, a bad miss by the former Everton striker, that Norwich came to life.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Another result supporting the robustness of our ATP gametocytocidal assay is the high re-test rate obtained (approximately 70%).
      • Another moonlighting protein, delta 2 crystallin in the duck eye lens is the same protein as the ubiquitous urea cycle enzyme arginosuccinate lyase.
      • Another possibility is the accumulation of fluid associated with overperfusion to protect fetus neural structure development [32 ].
    3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • To counterbrace the yards is to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
      • I figure this car has a few more years left in it and I intend to run it into the ground before purchasing another.
      • The word boo spelled backwards usually used when the word "boo!" has been claimed to be the property of another.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Determiners
      • Pronouns
        • Indefinite pronouns
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      1. en another county heard from
      2. en another nail in one's coffin
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of another for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "another" is a determiner. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, an indefinite pronoun.
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