another

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English

Alternative forms

• anoda (Jamaica)
• anotha, anotha' (eye dialect, especially African-American Vernacular)
• anudda, anuddah (pronunciation spelling)
• nother (colloquial US, otherwise obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an +‎ other.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, unstressed form) IPA^(key): /əˈnʌð.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation, stressed form) IPA^(key): /æˈnʌð.ə/
• (US, unstressed form) IPA^(key): /əˈnʌð.ɚ/
• (US, stressed form) IPA^(key): /æˈnʌð.ɚ/, (proscribed, as if from a +‎ nother) /eɪˈnʌð.ɚ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /æˈnʊð.ə/
• Hyphenation: an‧oth‧er
• Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)

Determiner

another

1. One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
2. Not the same; different.
3. Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.

Usage notes

• As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (plural: others or possessive others'). It is much used in opposition to one; as, "one went one way, another went another". It is also used with one in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others.
  • John Milton

• Another is usually used with a singular noun, but constructions such as "another five days", "another twenty miles", "another few people", "another fifty dollars" are valid too.
• Sometimes, the word whole is inserted into another by the common process of tmesis, giving: "a whole nother." This is a colloquialism that some recommend avoiding in formal writing. The prescribed alternatives are "a whole other" or "another whole".
• There may be ambiguity: another may or may not imply replacement, e.g. "I need another chair." may mean "My chair needs to be replaced." or "I need an additional chair [and I need to keep my existing chair]."

Derived terms

Related terms

• other

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: anedda

Translations

Pronoun

another

1. An additional one of the same kind.

2. One that is different from the current one.

3. One of a group of things of the same kind.

References

• “another”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• on Earth, on earth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• anoþer, a noþer

Etymology

Compound of an +‎ other, appearing as a single word starting from the 13th or 14th century.

Pronoun

another

1. another

Descendants

• English: another, anoda (Jamaica), anotha, anotha' (eye dialect, especially African-American Vernacular), anudda, anuddah (pronunciation spelling), nother (colloquial US, otherwise obsolete)
  • Jamaican Creole: anedda
• Yola: anoor

References

• “another”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.