an

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Form of a (all article senses).

   • I'll be there in half an hour.
   • 'E's staying at an 'otel. (compare He's staying at a hotel.)
   • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
2. 2

   one

3. 3

   If

   • […] An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him.
   • Thereupon, quoth he, "O woman, for sundry days I have seen thee attend the levée sans a word said; so tell me an thou have any requirement I may grant."
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   1. 4

      So long as.

      • An it harm none, do what ye will.
   2. 5

      As if

      As if; as though.

      • At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
   3. 6

      The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).

   4. 7

      In each

      In each; to or for each; per.

      • I was only going twenty miles an hour.
   5. 8

      A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army…

      A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.

   6. 9

      Initialism of author's note or authors' note.

   7. 10

      Initialism of antinatalism.

   8. 11

      Initialism of antinatalist.

   9. 12

      Initialism of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

      Initialism of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a union territory of India.

   10. 13

       Alternative form of Anu.

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