Lexic.us

Definition of Another

1. Adjective. Any of various alternatives; some other. "Put it off to another (or some other) day"

Definition of Another

1. pron. & a. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

Definition of Another

1. Determiner. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. ¹

2. Determiner. Not the same; different. ¹

3. Determiner. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Another

1. one more [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Another

Literary usage of Another

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1885)
"Of our methods of recognizing one another. You who are blessed with shade as ... How then can one be distinguished from another, where all appear the same? ..."

2. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: Or, The Science of Quantity. An by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"Dcf. Two fractions of a magnitude such that another magnitude is greater than the less of them but less than the greater are called a PAIR OF FRACTIONS ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"Shepherds one to another, Let us here show the pilgrims the gates of the Celestial City, ... another of them bid them beware of the flatterer. ..."

4. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs (1861)
"another Link to Life. XIV. another LINK TO LIFE. I HAD not returned to my master's house since the birth of my child. The old man raved to have me thus ..."

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