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another 
1  det Another thing or person means an additional thing or person of the same type as one that already exists. 
DET sing-n 
Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast..., We're going to have another baby.  
  Another is also a pronoun., pron 
The demand generated by one factory required the construction of another...  
2  det You use another when you want to emphasize that an additional thing or person is different to one that already exists. 
DET sing-n 
I think he's just going to deal with this problem another day..., The counsellor referred her to another therapist.  
  Another is also a pronoun., pron 
He didn't really believe that any human being could read another's mind.  
3  det You use another at the beginning of a statement to link it to a previous statement. 
DET sing-n 
Another change that Sue made was to install central heating.  
4  det You use another before a word referring to a distance, length of time, or other amount, to indicate an additional amount. 
DET amount 
Continue down the same road for another 2 kilometres until you reach the church of Santa Maria..., He believes prices will not rise by more than another 4 per cent.  
5  pron You use one another to indicate that each member of a group does something to or for the other members. 
v PRON, prep PRON 
...women learning to help themselves and one another...  
6 If you talk about one thing after another, you are referring to a series of repeated or continuous events. 
♦ one thing after another  phrase PHR after v 
They kept going, destroying one store after another.  
7 You use or another in expressions such as one kind or another when you do not want to be precise about which of several alternatives or possibilities you are referring to. 
♦ or another  phrase usu n PHR 
...family members and visiting artists of one kind or another crowding the huge kitchen...  



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