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/əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-West Germanic *ain Old English ān Middle English an Proto-Indo-European *h₂en Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other Middle English another English another From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an + other.

  1. inherited from another

Definitions

  1. One more further, in addition to the quantity by then

    One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

    • Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
    • Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

  2. Not the same

    Not the same; different.

    • Do you know another way to do this job?
    • From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
    • But that is another story and will be told another time.

  3. Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.

    • One gold ingot is valued the same as another, but gemstones are valued individually.
    • But that is another story and will be told another time.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An additional one of the same kind.

      • This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
      • There is one sterling and here is another

    2. One that is different from the current one.

      • I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.
      • I've thought about moving to another city at one time or another.

    3. One of a group of things of the same kind.

      • His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.

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Derived

and another thing, A. N. Other, another country heard from, another county heard from, another day in paradise, another matter, another nail in someone's coffin, another one bites the dust, another pair of shoes, another place, another story, another string to one's bow, another thing, at one time or another, be another thing, brother from another mother, factitious disorder imposed on another, find another gear, for another thing, for one reason or another, have another thing coming, have another think, have another think coming, have another thought coming, if it's not one thing it's another, in another world, just another pretty face, live on top of one another, live to fight another day, made for one another, make fish of one and flesh of another, make fish of one and fowl of another, many another, not just another pretty face, on another note, one after another, one another, one bad turn deserves another, one good turn deserves another, one man's fish is another man's poison · +27 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for another. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA