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Latest revision as of 00:26, 5 May 2013 English [edit] Etymology [edit] an + other. Alternative forms [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Determiner [edit] another - One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
- Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.
- Not the same; different.
- Do you know another way to do this job?
- But that is another story and will be told another time .
- 1979 , Micheal Ende , The Neverending Story , p.53 , ISBN 0140386335
- Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
- He has never known another like her.
Usage notes [edit] - As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (plural: others, or possessive plural other). It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others.
- Milton
- These two imparadised in one another's arms.
- Another is sometimes abused by saying, "a whole nother." This is a colloquialism which should not be used in formal writing.[1] The proper way to say this would be either "a whole other" or a "another whole."
Derived terms [edit] Terms derived from another Related terms [edit] Translations [edit] one more, in addition to a former number not the same; different - Arabic: آخر (ar) (ʾāxar), أخرى (ar) (ʾúxrā) f
- Egyptian Arabic: تاني (tani) m
- Bulgarian: друг (bg) (drug), различен (bg) (razlíčen)
- Chamicuro: pajna
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 另一 (cmn) (lìngyī), 別的 (cmn), 别的 (cmn) (bié de)
- Czech: jiný (cs)
- Danish: en anden (da)
- Dutch: een andere (nl)
- Estonian: teine (et), muu (et)
- Finnish: toinen (fi), muu (fi)
- French: un autre (fr), autre (fr)
- German: ein anderer (de), anderer (de), anders (de) n, andere (de) f pl
- Icelandic: annar (is) m, önnur (is) f, annað (is) n
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