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another

/əˈnʌðɚ/

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adjective

one more in addition

Should we open another bottle of wine?

Don't say another word.

It will take another two years [=an additional two years; two more years] to finish the building.

That's another way of saying the same thing.

As far as I'm concerned, frugal is just another word for cheap. [=frugal means the same thing as cheap]

We had dinner at another one of the city's many Italian restaurants.

This is yet another example of government waste.

If you ask me, he's just another overpaid athlete. [=he's one of many overpaid athletes]

some other :different from the first or other one

We'll plan to meet again (at) another time.

We'll discuss this again on another occasion.

The view is very different when it is seen from another angle.

Please bring me another cup. This one is chipped.

Since his illness he has been another man. [=he has been very different from how he was before he became sick]

Tomorrow is another day.

the splendors of another age [=a past age]

I'm willing to help you, but if you're asking for money, that's another thing/matter/story. [=I'm willing to help you but that does not mean that I'm willing to give you money]

Complaining about problems is one thing, but finding solutions to them is another thing altogether/entirely. [=it is more difficult to find solutions to problems than to complain about them]

similar or equal to a particular person or thing

He thought of himself as another Napoleon. [=as a person who was like Napoleon]

The city advertises itself as another Las Vegas.

pronoun

one more of the same kind :another one

I've had one drink, but I think I'll have another.

One copy of the letter was sent out, and another was placed in the files.

One thief carried a gun, another (carried) a knife.

This cup is chipped. Could you please bring me another?

We had dinner at another of the city's many Italian restaurants.

one that is different :someone or something else

She's not comfortable living in another's house. [=in another person's house]

Complaining about problems is one thing, but finding solutions to them is another. [=it is more difficult to find solutions to problems than to complain about them]

The family seems to move from one city to another.

used in phrases with one or (less commonly) some to refer to something that is not specified

We all do foolish things at one time or another. [=sometimes, on occasion]

They had to change their plans for one/some reason or another. [=for some reason]

He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another. [=vowed that he would find a way to succeed]

a lock of one kind/sort/type or another [=some kind/sort/type of lock]

What with one thing and another, we still haven't finished. [=we still haven't finished because of various things that have happened] - see also one another

one after another

in a continuing series

The buses kept arriving, one after another.

One person after another walked out of the concert.

each one in a continuing series

One after another of her friends got married and moved away.