another

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/əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/

det 3pron 3

Collocations

ADJ.

ahead, better, common, far, final, known, last, last

We need to find another way forward because this approach isn't working any better.

VERB + ANOTHER

abandon, blend, bring, fire, haven't, helped, knocked, let

She abandoned another job without giving proper notice to her boss.

ANOTHER + NOUN

blanket, case, cholera, glass, glasses, shirt, source, ticket

She wrapped another blanket around the child to keep him warm through the cold night.

PREP.

about, after, from, in, in, into, off, on

She complained about another delay in the delivery of her online order.

Definitions

det

One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].

Not the same; different.

Do you know another way to do this job?

From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.

Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead.

One gold ingot is valued the same as another, but gemstones are valued individually.

But that is another story and will be told another time.

pron

An additional one of the same kind.

This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?

There is one sterling and here is another

One that is different from the current one.

I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.

One of a group of things of the same kind.

His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.

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Idioms & Phrases

have another think coming

To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.

If you think you're going to marry my daughter, you have another think coming.

have another thing coming

Alternative form of have another think coming.

another nail in someone's coffin

An event that increases the likelihood of or causes further failure.

Following the divorce and the lawsuit, bankruptcy is just another nail in his coffin.

one good turn deserves another

One act of kindness should be paid back by another act of kindness.

just another pretty face

Someone who is attractive, but not too distinguished in other areas.

After screening her application, the office manager decided that the young woman was just another pretty face and decided to hire someone who was better.

Example Bank

Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.

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This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?

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There is one sterling and here is another

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I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.

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