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anyway
English
Etymology
any +? way
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??niwe?/
Alternative forms
- (chiefly Canada, US) anyways
Adverb
anyway (not comparable)
- (conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow. [from 19th c.]
- He didn't enjoy washing his car, but it was so dirty that he did it anyway.
- Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. [from 19th c.]
- I don't think that's true. I haven't found any evidence, anyway.
- 1962, Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- But I wish there were somethin' you would do or say / To try and make me change my mind and stay / We never did too much talkin' anyway / Don't think twice, it's all right.
- Used to indicate a change of subject.
- Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
- 1899, Jack London, “To the Man on the Trail”, The Overland Monthly, page 36:
- “But I say, Kid, isn't that going it a little too strong? Whisky and alcohol's bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper-sauce and—” ¶ “Dump it in. Who's making this punch, anyway?”
- 1992, Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire, Spectra (?ISBN), page 154:
- “We should probably wait until Luke gets here to talk about it,” Leia suggested quietly before Han could answer. Lando glanced past Han, as if only just noticing Luke's absence. “Where is he, anyway?”
- 1899, Jack London, “To the Man on the Trail”, The Overland Monthly, page 36:
- (obsolete) In any way. [16th-19th c.]
Synonyms
- anywise, anyroad, any road up, any old way
Translations
Danish
Etymology
English anyway
Adverb
anyway
- Used to indicate a change of topic.
Synonyms
- hvorom alting er (slightly formal)
anyway From the web:
- what anyway means
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- anyway what are you doing
- anyways what are you doing in spanish
- anyway what you gonna do about it
- anyways what y'all want from mcdonald's
another
English
Alternative forms
- anoda (Jamaican English)
- anotha, anotha' (AAVE- eye dialect)
- nother (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English another, equivalent to an +? other.
Pronunciation
- (UK, unstressed) IPA(key): /??n?ð.?(?)/
- (UK, stressed) IPA(key): /æ?n?ð.?(?)/
- (US, unstressed) IPA(key): /??n?ð.?/
- (US, stressed) IPA(key): /æ?n?ð.?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
- Hyphenation: an?oth?er
Determiner
another
- One more/further, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
- 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; […].
- Not the same; different.
- Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
Usage notes
- As a fused head construction another may have a possessive another's (plural: others, or possessive plural 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
- John Milton
- 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. 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]."
Derived terms
Related terms
- other
Descendants
- Jamaican Creole: anedda
Translations
Pronoun
another
- An additional one of the same kind.
- One that is different from the current one.
- One of a group of things of the same kind.
References
- another in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- on Earth, on earth
Middle English
Alternative forms
- anoþer, a noþer
Etymology
From an other, appearing as a single word starting from the 13th or 14th century.
Pronoun
another
- another
Descendants
- English: another
- Jamaican Creole: anedda
- Yola: anoor
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