Person Thing Determiner Pronoun əˈnʌðə(R əˈnʌðər Drink Finished

• 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!’

another

1. one more; an extra thing or person
• COMPARE other
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• 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.