another
Part of speech: det
pron
Morphological type: derivation
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 *h₂én
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.
Inflected forms:
form: anoda
pos: det
tags: alternative
Jamaica
form: anotha
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: anotha'
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: anudda
pos: det
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: anuddah
pos: det
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: nother
pos: det
tags: alternative
form: anoda
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Jamaica
form: anotha
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: anotha'
pos: pron
tags: alternative
form: anudda
pos: pron
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: anuddah
pos: pron
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: nother
pos: pron
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
pos: det
examples: Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].
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.
gloss: Not the same; different.
pos: det
examples: 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.
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.
gloss: Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.
pos: det
examples: 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.
gloss: An additional one of the same kind.
pos: pron
examples: This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?
There is one sterling and here is another
gloss: One that is different from the current one.
pos: pron
examples: I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.
I've thought about moving to another city at one time or another.
gloss: One of a group of things of the same kind.
pos: pron
examples: His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.
Related words: other
Derived words: 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
one man's fish is another man's poisson
one man's loss is another man's gain
one man's meat is another man's poison
one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
one man's trash is another man's treasure
one nail drives out another
one thing after another
one thing leads to another
one thing led to another
one thing or another
one way or another
one with another
one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
one word leads to another
play one against another
sail on another board
sister from another mister
somehow or another
some something or another
something or another
tell me another one
tell us another
tell us another one
tomorrow is another day
to put it another way
when one door closes, another opens
will the good of another
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