Another
[ə'nʌðə] or [ə'nʌðɚ]
Definition
(adj.) any of various alternatives; some other; 'put it off to another (or some other) day' .
Checker: Stan--From WordNet
Definition
(pron. & a.) One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
(pron. & a.) Not the same; different.
(pron. & a.) Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Some other, any other, not the same.[2]. One more.
Checker: Zachariah
Definition
adj. not the same: a different or distinct (thing or person): one more: a second: one more of the same kind: any other.—One another now used as a compound reciprocal pronoun (of two or more); One with another taken all together taken on the average.—You're another the vulgar Tu quoque.
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Examples
- Wiley is another case of the creative mind harassed by the routineers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He fixed his vivid eyes on Archer as he lit another cigarette. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The men lit another cigarette and talked casually. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- People will pay as freely to gratify one passion as another, their resentment as their pride. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mrs. Bennet could certainly spare you for another fortnight. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Sir Thomas approved of it for another reason. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But the queen had before contrived another project. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- THERE'S a babby for you,' said Mr. Peggotty, with another roar, 'in the form of a Sea Porkypine! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I know better, Fred Beauclerc would answer, and yet I am fool enough to love a woman who is going mad for another man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I mean to have another chance yet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He instantly jumped up, and it was not the same man, but another man! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And I am glad of another thing, and that is, that of course you know you may depend upon my keeping it and always so far deserving it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- So we were left to take leave of one another without any restraint. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But how if another claw in the shape of me is straining to thwart it? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They said little more; but were company to one another in silently pursuing the same subjects, and did not part until midnight. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I make the schoolmaster so ridiculous, and so aware of being made ridiculous, that I see him chafe and fret at every pore when we cross one another. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Have another,' said Charlotte. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Another way to make the composition is to soak over night in cold water best gelatine or glue 1 part, and the excess of water poured off. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I took another mouthful and some cheese and a rinse of wine. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Landlords and farmers, besides, two of the largest classes of masters, have another reason for being pleased with dear years. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The same principle has application on the side of the considerations which concern the relations of one nation to another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It is not as you think, that I have another in my mind, for I do not encourage anybody, and never have in my life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then he opened it another inch--then another. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Everybody we know will be hit, one way or another. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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