another English · revision 1845

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1175|origins=ang ān, ang ōþer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /əˈnʌð.ə/ ''(UK)''; /əˈnʌð.ɚ/ ''(US)''^(Roach et al. 2011)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a Middle English compound, [[af|enm|an|other|t1=one, a|t2=other]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD)^(MWU 2024) written as two words until the 16th century^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998) and often divided [[m|enm|a nother]] in Middle English.^(Weekley 1921) The first element is the indefinite article (see [[an]]), the second [[other]].^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) Old English used [[m|ang|ōþer]] alone.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Not this, not the same; one more, originally a second of two (12th century in Merriam-Webster, about 1175 in the Historical Thesaurus; early 13th century in Etymonline).^(MW Collegiate)^(HTOED)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Another'' first meant “a second of two”, and was then extended to anything additional.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) From the 16th century it also meant “a second of the same kind”, as in ''another Troy'' or ''another Beethoven''.^(SOED 2002)^(HTOED)^(Collins 2023) The reciprocal pronoun ''one another'' is attested by the 1520s.^(Etymonline) ''You're another!'', turning an insult back on the speaker, is a colloquial retort.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002) In Parliament ''another place'' is the traditional name for the other House, used in the Commons for the Lords and vice versa.^(OED 1989)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1175 – an additional or different one.^(HTOED)

+ * 12th century – as an adjective.^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 13th century – as a pronoun.^(MW Collegiate)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1520s – ''one another''.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 16th century – a second of the same kind.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Determiner===

+ # One more; an additional: ''another cup of coffee''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Different from the first; some other: ''another time''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Another of the same kind or character as: ''another Beethoven''.^(Collins 2023)^(RHWU)

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+ ===Pronoun===

+ # An additional one; one more.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A different one: ''I'll try another''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # One of an indefinite group: ''for one reason or another''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Someone other than oneself.^(MWU 2024)^(HTOED)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[one another]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[other]]

+ * [[an]]

+ * [[one]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Another'' is normally used with a singular noun, but phrases such as ''another five days'' are common.^(Wiktionary) With ''one'' it forms the reciprocal ''one another''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}