2another pronoun
1 : one more of the same kind : another one
▪ I've had one drink, but I think I'll have another. ▪ One copy of the letter was sent out, and another was placed in the files. ▪ One thief carried a gun, another (carried) a knife. ▪ This cup is chipped. Could you please bring me another? ▪ We had dinner at another of the city's many Italian restaurants. 2 : one that is different : someone or something else
▪ She's not comfortable living in another's house. [=in another person's house] ▪ 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] ▪ The family seems to move from one city to another. 3 — used in phrases with one or (less commonly) some to refer to something that is not specified ▪ We all do foolish things at one time or another. [=sometimes, on occasion] ▪ They had to change their plans for one/some reason or another. [=for some reason] ▪ He vowed that he would succeed (in) one way or another. [=vowed that he would find a way to succeed] ▪ a lock of one kind/sort/type or another [=some kind/sort/type of lock] ▪ What with one thing and another, we still haven't finished. [=we still haven't finished because of various things that have happened] — see also one another
▪ I've had one drink, but I think I'll have another. ▪ One copy of the letter was sent out, and another was placed in the files. ▪ One thief carried a gun, another (carried) a knife. ▪ This cup is chipped. Could you please bring me another? ▪ We had dinner at another of the city's many Italian restaurants.
▪ She's not comfortable living in another's house. [=in another person's house] ▪ 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] ▪ The family seems to move from one city to another.
one after another 1 : in a continuing series
▪ The buses kept arriving, one after another. ▪ One person after another walked out of the concert. 2 : each one in a continuing series
▪ One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
▪ The buses kept arriving, one after another. ▪ One person after another walked out of the concert.
▪ One after another of her friends got married and moved away.
