Thesaurus: another

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1. pron. & a. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
2. pron. & a. Not the same; different.
3. pron. & a. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
4. adj. any of various alternatives; some other; entity, singular, other pronoun; quantifier, singular, another
5. 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.
6. p:6/d:94 s. any of various alternatives; some other