word-vault/dist/data/cards/an/another.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "another",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner, pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one more; an extra thing or person",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Would you like another drink?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Finished?’ ‘No, I've got another three questions to do.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've still got another *(= a further)* forty miles to go."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's a bill.’ ‘Oh no, not another!’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got another of those calls yesterday."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "different; a different person or thing",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let's do it another time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can try that—but whether it'll work is **another matter**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room's too small. Let's see if they've got **another one**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't like this room. I'm going to ask for another."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person or thing of a very similar type",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Maybe she's going to be another Taylor Swift *(= as famous as her)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There'll never be another like him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are referring to various types of a thing, without saying exactly what you mean",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We've all got problems of one kind or another."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "first one person or thing, and then another, and then another, up to any number or amount",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bills kept coming in, one after another."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈnʌðə(r)/",
                "audio": "an/another/another__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈnʌðər/",
                "audio": "an/another/another__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: as an other until the 16th cent."
}