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nother | another |

As a pronoun nother

is neither or nother can be (obsolete) another.

As an adjective nother

is neither or nother can be different, other.

As an adverb nother

is (label) nor.

As a determiner another is

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

nother

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) . Compare (neither), (nauther).

Pronoun

(English Pronouns)
  • Neither.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Neither.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) Nor.
  • *, Bk.VII:
  • *:Than the quene seydeshe wyst nat how, nother in what manere.

    • Etymology 2

    Variant of , (m), influenced by re-analysis as a nother .

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (obsolete) Another.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Different, other.
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2009-10-01 , year= , first= , last= , author=Automotive Editors , authorlink= , title=Long-Term Test Cars , site=Poplar Mechanics citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-03-14 , passage=Executing it all well, with the feel, look and operation of a real luxury car, is a whole nother ball of wax. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2015 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=LT Wolf , title=The World King , chapter= , url= , genre=fiction , publisher= , isbn=978-1-312-37454-6 , page= , passage=He has said elfsheen four nother ways — elfsheen, elfshine, elfshone, elfshyne. }}

    Anagrams

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    another

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anoda (Jamaican English) * anotha, anotha' (AAVE- eye dialect)

    Determiner

    (head)
  • One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
  • :
  • *
  • *: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;.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • Not the same; different.
  • :
  • *, chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=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.}}
  • *1979 , Micheal Ende, The Neverending Story , p.53 , ISBN 0140386335
  • *:But that is another''''' story and will be told '''''another time.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}
  • Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
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    • Usage notes

    * As a fused head construction another'' may have a possessive ''another's'' (''plural:'' ''others'', or possessive plural ''other ). It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others. ** **: These two imparadised in one another's arms. * 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: "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

    * another county heard from * one another * tomorrow is another day *

    Related terms

    * other

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