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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
      • We've had another cold snap and the lake has refrozen.
      • The competition to imperialize foreign lands was another cause of World War I.
      • They sold out of concert posters yesterday and won't get another shipment until next week.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Another possible explanation is a lower iron content–and hence a less positive phase shift—in remyelinated lesions and black holes reducing the phase shift caused by demyelination.
      • Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
      • Another possible physiological role for a hyperpolarization-activated inward current could be in the postburst hyperpolarization that is characteristic of parasol cells.
    3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • Getting a ticket is one thing, finding a suitable place from which to enjoy the cinematic splendors can be quite another.
      • The word boo spelled backwards usually used when the word "boo!" has been claimed to be the property of another.
      • After this manner, authority working in a circle, they endeavoured to atheize one 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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