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Person Thing Determiner Pronoun əˈnʌðə(R əˈnʌðər Drink Finished

Word3 another
WordType (determiner, pronoun)
Phonetic /əˈnʌðə(r)/ /əˈnʌðər/
Example
  • would you like another drink?
  • ‘finished?’ ‘no, i've got another three questions to do.’
  • we've still got another (= a further) forty miles to go.
  • ‘it's a bill.’ ‘oh no, not another!’
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another

(determiner, pronoun)/əˈnʌðə(r)/ /əˈnʌðər/
  1. one more; an extra thing or person
    • COMPARE other
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/other
    • Would you like another drink?
    • ‘Finished?’ ‘No, I've got another three questions to do.’
    • We've still got another (= a further) forty miles to go.
    • ‘It's a bill.’ ‘Oh no, not another!’
    • I got another of those calls yesterday.
  2. different; a different person or thing
    • Let's do it another time.
    • We can try that—but whether it'll work is another matter.
    • The room's too small. Let's see if they've got another one.
    • I don't like this room. I'm going to ask for another.
  3. a person or thing of a very similar type
    • She's going to be another Madonna (= as famous as her).
    • There'll never be another like him.
  4. used when you are referring to various types of a thing, without saying exactly what you mean
    • We've all got problems of one kind or another.
  5. first one person or thing, and then another, and then another, up to any number or amount
    • The bills kept coming in, one after another.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: as an other until the 16th cent.
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