another.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From another, punctuated as if initials and surname.

固有名詞

A. N. Other

1. (British) A formulaic name that is substituted for that of a person whose name or identity is not known, or not relevant; typically used when exhibiting an example.
   • 1975, Bruno de Finetti, Theory of Probability: A Critical Introductory Treatment‎^[1], page 62:

     For instance, how is the statement ‘A. N. Other is going to win the lottery the next time he plays’ to be evaluated if A. N. Other never plays again for the rest of his life?

   • 1983, Jack Harvey, Modern Economics: An Introduction for Business and Professional Students‎^[2], page 300:

     The broker, having arranged the deal, sends to Mr A. N. Other, or to the bank acting for him, a contract note (Figure 21.5).

   • 1999, Mary Bennett, David S. Percy, “Photo Call”, in Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers, Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 49:

     HJP (“Douglas”) Arnold has expressed the regret that there was only one distant shot of Neil Armstrong near the LM. […] How could Armstrong forget, what about the list of assignments, the mission timeline? Or was he not there? And if he was not there, then was there an actornaut or A N Other astronaut in that pressurised suit?

   • 2005, Helen Beckman, Suzanne Le Quesne, The Essential Guide to Holistic and Complementary Therapy, page 435,

     Take the following as an example, imagining yourself as a member of the general public, and compare example A with example B.

     Example A

     A.N. Other

     Dip Nut. FHT

     Example B

     Angela N. Other

     Diploma in Nutrition and Member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists

アナグラム

• on Earth, on earth

アナグラム

• on Earth, on earth

語源

From Middle English another, equivalent to an +‎ other.

発音

• (英国発音, 弱勢) IPA^(key): /əˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/
  • (英国発音, 強勢) IPA^(key): /æˈnʌð.ə(ɹ)/
  • (米国発音, 弱勢) IPA^(key): /əˈnʌð.ɚ/
  • (米国発音, 強勢) IPA^(key): /æˈnʌð.ɚ/
  • 韻: -ʌðə(ɹ)
  • ハイフネーション: an‧oth‧er

限定詞

another

1. One more/further, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.

   Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks.

   • 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:

     Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

2. Not the same; different.

   Do you know another way to do this job?

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.

   • 1979, Micheal Ende, The Neverending Story, →ISBN, page 53:

     But that is another story and will be told another time.

   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.

3. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.

   He has never known another like her.

使用する際の注意点

• As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (複数形: others, または possessive 複数形 other). It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another went another. It is also used with one in a reciprocal sense; as, "love one another," that is, let each love the other or others.
  • John Milton

    These two imparadised in one another's arms.

• Another is usually used with a singular noun, but constructions such as "another five days", "another twenty miles", "another few people", "another fifty dollars" are valid too.
• Sometimes, the word whole is inserted into another by the common process of tmesis, giving: "a whole nother." This is a colloquialism that some recommend avoiding in formal writing.^[1] The prescribed alternatives are "a whole other" or "another whole".
• There may be ambiguity: "another" may or may not imply "replacement", e.g. "I need another chair." may mean "My chair needs to be replaced." or "I need an additional chair [and I need to keep my existing chair]."

派生語

関連する語

• other

派生した語

• Jamaican Creole: anedda

代名詞

another

1. An additional one of the same kind.

   This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another?

   There is one sterling and here is another

2. One that is different from the current one.

   I saw one movie, but I think I will see another.

3. One of a group of things of the same kind.

   His interests keep shifting from one thing to another.

参照

• “another”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• on Earth, on earth