Another | Mean of another in English Dictionary

/əˈnʌðɚ/

• one more in addition
1. Should we open another bottle of wine?
2. Don't say another word.
3. It will take another two years [=an additional two years; two more years] to finish the building.
4. That's another way of saying the same thing.
5. As far as I'm concerned, “frugal” is just another word for “cheap.” [=“frugal” means the same thing as “cheap”]
6. We had dinner at another one of the city's many Italian restaurants.
7. This is yet another example of government waste.
8. If you ask me, he's just another overpaid athlete. [=he's one of many overpaid athletes]
• some other
1. We'll plan to meet again (at) another time.
2. We'll discuss this again on another occasion.
3. The view is very different when it is seen from another angle.
4. Please bring me another cup. This one is chipped.
5. Since his illness he has been another man. [=he has been very different from how he was before he became sick]
6. Tomorrow is another day.
7. the splendors of another age [=a past age]
8. I'm willing to help you, but if you're asking for money, that's another thing/matter/story. [=I'm willing to help you but that does not mean that I'm willing to give you money]
9. Complaining about problems is one thing, but finding solutions to them is another thing altogether/entirely. [=it is more difficult to find solutions to problems than to complain about them]
• similar or equal to a particular person or thing
1. He thought of himself as another Napoleon. [=as a person who was like Napoleon]
2. The city advertises itself as another Las Vegas.

• one more of the same kind
1. I've had one drink, but I think I'll have another.
2. One copy of the letter was sent out, and another was placed in the files.
3. One thief carried a gun, another (carried) a knife.
4. This cup is chipped. Could you please bring me another?
5. We had dinner at another of the city's many Italian restaurants.
• one that is different
1. She's not comfortable living in another's house. [=in another person's house]
2. Complaining about problems is one thing, but finding solutions to them is another. [=it is more difficult to find solutions to problems than to complain about them]
3. The family seems to move from one city to another.
• in a continuing series
1. The buses kept arriving, one after another.
2. One person after another walked out of the concert.
• each one in a continuing series
1. One after another of her friends got married and moved away.