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== English == === Alternative forms === anoda (Jamaica) anotha, anotha' (eye dialect, especially African-American Vernacular) anudda, anuddah (pronunciation spelling) nother (colloquial US, otherwise obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English another. By surface analysis, an +‎ other. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (weak form) IPA(key): /əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/ (strong form) IPA(key): /ænˈʌð.ə(ɹ)/ (General American) (weak form) IPA(key): /əˈnʌð.ɚ/ (strong form) IPA(key): /ænˈʌð.ɚ/, (proscribed, as if from a +‎ nother) /eɪˈnʌð.ɚ/ (Canada) (weak form) IPA(key): /əˈnʌð.ɚ/ (Northern England) (weak form) IPA(key): /əˈnʊð.ə(ɹ)/ (strong form) IPA(key): /ænˈʊð.ə(ɹ)/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ənəˈd̪ʱɜ(r)/ Hyphenation: an‧oth‧er Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ) === Determiner === another One more further, in addition to the quantity by then; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Not the same; different. Any or some other, similar in likeness or in effect, instead. ==== Usage notes ==== As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (plural: others or possessive others'). It is much used in opposition to one; as, "one went one way, another went another". It is also used with one in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. John Milton Another is usually used with a singular noun, but constructions such as "another five days", "another twenty miles", "another few people", "another fifty dollars" are valid too. Sometimes, the word whole is inserted into another by the common process of tmesis, giving: "a whole nother." This is a colloquialism that some recommend avoiding in formal writing. The prescribed alternatives are "a whole other" or "another whole". There may be ambiguity: another may or may not imply replacement, e.g. "I need another chair." may mean "My chair needs to be replaced." or "I need an additional chair [and I need to keep my existing chair]." ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== other ==== Descendants ==== Jamaican Creole: anedda ==== Translations ==== === Pronoun === another An additional one of the same kind. One that is different from the current one. One of a group of things of the same kind. === References === “another”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === on Earth, on earth == Middle English == === Alternative forms === anoþer, a noþer === Etymology === Compound of an +‎ other, appearing as a single word starting from the 13th or 14th century. === Pronoun === another another ==== Descendants ==== English: another, anoda (Jamaica), anotha, anotha' (eye dialect, especially African-American Vernacular), anudda, anuddah (pronunciation spelling), nother (colloquial US, otherwise obsolete)Jamaican Creole: anedda Yola: anoor ==== References ==== “another”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.