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another meaning

EN[əˈnʌðə(ɹ)] [əˈnʌðɚ] [-ʌðə(r)]
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  • 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
      • In another study, 23% of Black MSM reported having serodiscordant unprotected anal sex with a nonmain male partner and 9% with a main male partner in the last 12 months.
      • I have no hesitation to say that uroradiology is currently at its prime, well-poised to take another big leap in the future.
      • The Mets’ lineup, which has not produced a multirun inning since a Game 3 blowout in the Dodgers’ series, will bring their slingshots and go for another knockout.
    2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
      • Another surprise is that Newcastle have the meanest defence in all four leagues and they did their utmost to preserve the tag at Molineux.
      • Another Wilkinson attempt was charged down before a fine clearing run and kick from Ashton and burgled Scottish line-out worked a penalty chance from wide left.
      • Another source of easily accessible material are follicles from hairplucks.
    3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
      • After this manner, authority working in a circle, they endeavoured to atheize one another.
      • To counterbrace the yards is to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
      • 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.
  • 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
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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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