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Definition of 'an'Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Article
(head)
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(UK|non-standard) used in many British regional accents before some words beginning with a pronounced h
Usage notes
* The article (an) is used before vowel sounds and (optionally) before silent aitches, and (a) before consonant sounds.
* The various article senses of (a), all are senses of (term).
Etymology 2
From (etyl) an
Conjunction
( en-con)
(archaic) If, so long as.
- An it please you, my lord.
(archaic) as if; as though.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge , The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (Original Version of 1797) 61-64:
- At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
Etymology 3
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Noun
( en-noun)
The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, (Nuskhuri).
Etymology 4
From the (etyl) preposition an/on.
Preposition
( en-prep)
In each; to or for each; per.
- I was only going twenty miles an hour.
Usage notes
* This is the same as the word a'' in such contexts, modified because of preceding an unpronounced ''h''. ''The train was speeding along at a mile a minute.
Synonyms
* per
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