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ANOTHER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various alternatives; some other
Example:
put it off to another (or some other) day
Synonyms:
another; some other
Classified under:
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Context examples:
No, no, Hopkins, it is another and more formidable person for whom we must seek.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But another will come, and yet another, until some day justice will be done; that is as certain as the rise of to-morrow’s sun.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I saw I must employ another hand, and thought of Lanyon.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“But there should be another one,” cried the man in the purple coat.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“If you had been mixed up with the like of that, you would never have put another foot in my house, you may lay to that. And what was he saying to you?”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He took little notice of these greetings, save to give a nod to one, or to slightly raise his forefinger to another.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Another treatment used together with the primary treatment.
(Adjunct therapy, NCI Dictionary)
Any orthodontic procedure that is done as part of another dental procedure.
(Adjunctive Orthodontic Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)
An agent that enhances the activity or therapeutic effect of another pharmacologic substance without having much, if any, therapeutic impact by itself.
(Adjuvant, NCI Thesaurus)
The act of the dispensing, applying, or tendering of something to another, such as administration of a medicine.
(Administration, NCI Thesaurus)
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