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UK [əˈnʌðə(r)] / US [əˈnʌðər] determiner, pronoun
Summary:

Another can be used in the following ways: - as a determiner (followed by a singular countable noun): Can I have another cup of tea, please? - as a pronoun (without a following noun): We're changing from one system to another. (followed by "of"): I have another of his books somewhere.
Get it right: another:
Another is written as one word, not two words.
Wrong: An other way to deal with criminals is rehabilitation.
Right: Another way to deal with criminals is rehabilitation.
Wrong: …the free transport of goods from one country to an other.
Right: …the free transport of goods from one country to another.
1) one more person or thing of the same type as before

There's another news programme at ten o'clock.

Peter's mum is expecting another baby in June.

"These sandwiches are delicious." "Would you like another?"

another of:

They are having another of their parties.

another one:

We're doing a big concert tomorrow night and another one on Saturday.

yet another (= used when there are already a lot):

The government is involved in yet another corruption scandal.

2) a different person or thing of the same type

Isn't there another word that has the same meaning?

Fatima's husband was working in another part of the country.

another of:

I lent the book to my teacher, and he lent it to another of his students.

3) used with the name of a person, place, or event to mean someone or something else that has similar qualities

Music fans are already calling him another Frank Sinatra.

There were fears that the war in Bosnia might become another Vietnam.

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(and) another thing — spoken used for introducing an additional subject that you want to mention when you are annoyed about something or when someone has done something that you do not like

And another thing – what about that £10 you borrowed from me?

another two/ten/hundred etc — used for saying how many more people or things there are

Another 2,000 nurses are needed in NHS hospitals.

See:
one another

English dictionary. 2014.

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  • another — early 13c., merger of AN (Cf. an) OTHER (Cf. other). Old English used simply oþer. Originally a second of two. Compound reciprocal pronoun one another is recorded from 1520s …   Etymology dictionary

  • another — For one another see each 3 …   Modern English usage

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  • another — an|oth|er W1S1 [əˈnʌðə US ər] determiner, pron ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(additional)¦ 2¦(a different one)¦ 3 one another 4 one ... or another 5 one after another 6 not another ... ! 7 be another thing/matter 8 and another thing 9¦(similar person/thing)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • another — an|oth|er [ ə nʌðər ] function word *** Another can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a singular countable noun): Can I have another glass of water, please? as a pronoun (without a following noun): We re changing from… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • another — [[t]ənʌ̱ðə(r)[/t]] ♦ 1) DET: DET sing n Another thing or person means an additional thing or person of the same type as one that already exists. Divers this morning found the body of another American sailor drowned during yesterday s ferry… …   English dictionary

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