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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
      • There was another big piece of coral that he later on made into a bowguard.
      • 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.
      • Rainy days seemed to follow one another all summer.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Another interesting technique to use is angle shooting. Action shot obliquely appears slower than the same action viewed at right angles
      • Another option exists for eliminating Tregs is anticytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) antibodies.
      • Another approach, called the selective, repeated, or reconsent model, requires that participants consent to each individual future study that wishes to use their data.
    3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • Historical writing proliferates in examples of tendentious accounts of national history, where the “whitewashing” of one history goes hand in hand with the “blackwashing” of another.
      • To counterbrace the yards is to brace the head yards one way and the after yards 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
      Related Links:
      1. en another county heard from
      2. en another nail in one's coffin
      Source: Wiktionary
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      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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