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Definition of An

An This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only, and signifies one, or any, but somewhat less emphatically. In such expressions as "twice an hour," "once an age," a shilling an ounce (see 2d A, 2), it has a distributive force, and is equivalent to each, every. If; -- a word used by old English authors. Related Definitions: Adjective, Age, An, And, Any, Article, As, Before, But, By, Called, Commonly, Distributive, Each, Emphatically, English, Equivalent, Every, Force, Hour, Has, If, In, Indefinite, Is, It, Less, Number, Of, Old, Once, One, Only, Or, Ounce, Properly, See, Shilling, Singular, Somewhat, Such, The, This, To, Twice, Used, Word

An Translations an in Danish is et, en an in Dutch is een an in German is ein, ein, eine, eine an in Italian is un an in Spanish is un, una an in Swedish is en, ett

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