- another */*/*/
- 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 beforeThere's another news programme at ten o'clock.
Peter's mum is expecting another baby in June.
another of:"These sandwiches are delicious." "Would you like another?"
another one:They are having another of their parties.
yet another (= used when there are already a lot):We're doing a big concert tomorrow night and another one on Saturday.
The government is involved in yet another corruption scandal.
2) a different person or thing of the same typeIsn't there another word that has the same meaning?
another of:Fatima's husband was working in another part of the country.
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 qualitiesMusic fans are already calling him another Frank Sinatra.
There were fears that the war in Bosnia might become another Vietnam.
•(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 likeAnd 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 areAnother 2,000 nurses are needed in NHS hospitals.
See:one another
English dictionary. 2014.