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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANOTH'ER, a. [an, or one and other.]
1. Not the same; different; as, we have one form of government; France, another.
2. One more, in addition to a former number, indefinitely; as, grant one request, they will ask another favor, another and another.
3. Any other; any different person, indefinitely; as, "Let another praise thee and not thy own mouth." This word is often used without a noun, becoming a substitute for the name of the person or thing; as in the last example. It is also much used in opposition to one, as in the first and second passages cited. It is also frequently used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another;" "bear one another's burdens;" that is, love one, or let one love another.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day" [syn: another, some other]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 12th century 1. different or distinct from the one first considered <the same scene viewed from another angle> 2. some other <do it another time> 3. being one more in addition to one or more of the same kind <have another piece of pie> II. pronoun Date: 13th century 1. an additional one of the same kind ; one more 2. one that is different from the first or present one 3. one of a group of unspecified or indefinite things <in one way or another>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & pron. --adj. 1 an additional; one more (have another cake; after another six months). 2 a person like or comparable to (another Callas). 3 a different (quite another matter). 4 some or any other (will not do another man's work). --pron. 1 an additional one (have another). 2 a different one (take this book away and bring me another). 3 some or any other one (I love another). 4 Brit. an unnamed additional party to a legal action (X versus Y and another). 5 (also A. N. Other) a player unnamed or not yet selected. Phrases and idioms: another place Brit. the other House of Parliament (used in the Commons to refer to the Lords, and vice versa). such another another of the same sort. Etymology: ME f. AN + OTHER

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Another An*oth"er, pron. & a. [An a, one + other.] 1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. --Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. --Shak. 2. Not the same; different. He winks, and turns his lips another way. --Shak. 3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. --Prov. xxvii. 2. While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. --John v. 7. Note: As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. 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.'' --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Another thing or person means an additional thing or person of the same type as one that already exists. Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast... We're going to have another baby. DET: DET sing-n • Another is also a pronoun. The demand generated by one factory required the construction of another... PRON 2. You use another when you want to emphasize that an additional thing or person is different to one that already exists. I think he's just going to deal with this problem another day... The counsellor referred her to another therapist. DET: DET sing-n • Another is also a pronoun. He didn't really believe that any human being could read another's mind. PRON 3. You use another at the beginning of a statement to link it to a previous statement. Another change that Sue made was to install central heating. DET: DET sing-n 4. You use another before a word referring to a distance, length of time, or other amount, to indicate an additional amount. Continue down the same road for another 2 kilometres until you reach the church of Santa Maria... He believes prices will not rise by more than another 4 per cent. DET: DET amount 5. You use one another to indicate that each member of a group does something to or for the other members. ...women learning to help themselves and one another... PRON: v PRON, prep PRON 6. If you talk about one thing after another, you are referring to a series of repeated or continuous events. They kept going, destroying one store after another. PHRASE: PHR after v 7. You use or another in expressions such as one kind or another when you do not want to be precise about which of several alternatives or possibilities you are referring to. ...family members and visiting artists of one kind or another crowding the huge kitchen... PHRASE: usu n PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Some other, any other, not the same, a different. 2. One more.

Moby Thesaurus

accessory, added, additional, ancillary, autre chose, auxiliary, collateral, contributory, different story, different thing, else, extra, farther, fresh, further, more, new, no such thing, not that sort, not the same, not the type, of a sort, of another sort, of sorts, other, other than, otherwise, peculiar, plus, quite another thing, rare, renewed, second, something else, something else again, spare, special, sui generis, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, that, ulterior, unique