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   another

   /əˈnʌðə/

   determiner

   • 1. used to refer to an additional person or thing of the same type as one already mentioned or known about; one more; a further: "have another drink" Similar one morea furtheran additionala secondan extraa spare
   • ▪ used with a proper name to indicate someone or something's similarity to the person or event specified: "this will not be another Vietnam"
   • 2. used to refer to a different person or thing from one already mentioned or known about: "come back another day"
   • ▪ used to refer to someone or something sharing an attribute in common with the person or thing already mentioned: "I went to the window and saw one cat being chased by another cat"

   pronoun

   • 1. an additional person or thing of the same type as one already mentioned or known about: "the British poet Philip Larkin is another of his favourite writers" Similar a differentsome othernot the samean alternativeOpposite the same
   • 2. a different person or thing from one already mentioned or known about: "they kept moving from one place to another"

   Word Origin Middle English: as an other until the 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

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