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# another

«another» in Mova's school dictionary: **one more of the same kind: have another cookie** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

determiner, pronoun

### meaning for a pupil

1) Another means one more of the same kind: have another cookie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#m1)

2) Another means a different one: try another way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#m2)

3) As a pronoun, another means some other person or thing: one dog barked at another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

one more of something («another 3 flowers» = add 3), or the other person being compared («how many more one has than another»); in everyday life «one another» (each other), «another time», «another day»

### examples

- To find how many more one has than another, we subtract the smaller from the bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x1)
- Jo picks 5 flowers, then another 3 flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x2)
- One box holds 8 eggs and another box holds 6 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x3)
- Can I have another slice of pizza? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x4)
- This pen does not work; please give me another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x5)
- Let's try another way to solve it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x6)
- The children helped one another clean up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x7)
- We will go to the zoo another day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x8)
- "I have many sprats," said another. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/#x9)

### note

«another N» adds N more; «than another» marks a comparison: subtract. Trap: «another box» names a second container, not an operation. «Another» is written as one word and goes with a singular noun (another apple), or with a number and plural (another 3 apples).

### In the corpora

- [Fostering is looking after a child from another family for a while, when their own parents cannot cope for now.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/19-a-new-baby-in-the-house/13/)
- [A scratch card is a quick lottery ticket; the "almost won" feeling is designed to make people buy another.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/14/)
- [Immigration means people moving to live in another country; countries have rules about it, and people disagree about those rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/18/)
- [If a grown-up's anger ever makes you frightened for your safety, tell another trusted adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/10/)
- [One clue plus a guess plus another guess feels like news, but it is not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «another» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/another/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.