definition of the word another

an + other.

• (UK) IPA: /əˈnʌðə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /@"nVD@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /əˈnʌðɚ/, SAMPA: /@"nVD@`/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌðə(r)
• Hyphenation: an‧oth‧er

another

1. 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.

2. Not the same; different.

   Do you know another way to do this job?

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.

   He has never known another like her.

• 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.

• other
• one another

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