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another

another

1.0
One more or a different one from the one already mentioned
  • determiner
  • /əˈnʌðər/
translation icon : otro
  • I would like to try another flavor of ice cream.
  • yet another
  • another example
  • another way

Otherwise there won't be another one for years.

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Examples

Synonyms

additional
vsanother
858 1.0

More than what is already there or was mentioned

refers to one more single person or thing rather than general extra

Antonyms

268 1.0

Equal in amount or value to another thing

Idioms

Things follow each other without a break

1 7.6

A person who is attractive but thought to have little intelligence or real skill

To be wrong about something and later be forced to change your mind

9.9

A warning that someone is wrong and will soon find out

A foreign tourist, often an American, seen as ordinary or boring

People like different things

Compounds

11 1.6

A phrase to add an extra point and mention a problem when speaking or writing

many another
  • Literature
8.9

Each of many people or things, one by one, often used in formal writing

9.3

A person seen as not important who follows orders

Surface Forms

another singular

Etymology

Another comes from the old phrase an + other, where an means 'one' and other means 'different'. So it once meant 'one different one', which is why another now means 'one more' or 'a different one'.