Anglo-Norman.
Associate in Nursing.
(forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from
European
(forming adjectives and nouns) typical of or resembling; a person typical of
Elizabethan
(forming adjectives and nouns) adhering to or following; an adherent of
Christian
(forming nouns) a person who specializes or is expert in
dietitian
phonetician
See a 1.
An was formerly often used before words that begin with h and are unstressed on the first syllable: an hotel ; an historic meeting . Sometimes the initial h was not pronounced. This usage is now becoming obsolete
before 950; Middle English; Old English ān one in a weakened sense
First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English, unstressed phonetic variant of and
< Greek. See a- 6, in- 3, un- 1
Middle English < Latin -ānus, -āna, -ānum; in some words replacing -ain, -en < Old French < Latin
From the Latin word annō
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She was inviting us into her figurative and literal home — the tour bus she resided in for over a decade, with an overzealous guide to boot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The world number one has largely skipped the floor events this year in an effort to manage his schedule.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“The details of the report looked strong with an upward revision in real consumer spending,” said Scott Anderson, chief U.S. economist at BMO Capital Markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Instinct comes from Spear Street Technology led by Shinn, who was an early employee at Sierra, the customer service AI company founded by former Salesforce co-Chief Executive Bret Taylor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She is asked to sign an oath of secrecy and loyalty, which she does, without question.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
An independent auditor, chosen jointly by Meta and a committee of states and paid for by the company, would monitor compliance of the overall settlement for 10 years.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
An Indian jewellery brand has removed their new advertisement for the upcoming festival of Rakshabandhan, also known as Rakhi, after backlash over the outfit worn by the female lead.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
An estimated 20,000 American families still hold unpaid Chinese bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
An internal report from June 2022 showed Azure’s fiscal 2022 revenue was estimated at $55 billion, including $34 billion from infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
An hour later I’d hauled the last box out of Green’s room and up the three flights of stairs since the elevator was conveniently getting repairs.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
AutoNation AN -6.67%decrease; down pointing triangle logged lower revenue after sales of new vehicles declined in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In her verdict, Judge AN Tse Ching relied in part on the messages exchanged after the encounter, according to the South China Morning Post, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
THE SDC IS AN international smorgasbord of ideas and inspiration, but it is not Ikea.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
I have no idea if the figures in SBF’s Substack post are accurate; SBF himself labels them as “JUST AN ESTIMATE.”
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023
This one is called AN •EYE*FOR* AN* EYE.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
I just - I do have to say it’s an- it’s an absolutely great novel, and he was a great writer.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2023
For too many parents and their children, getting into a highly selective school isn’t just another challenge, just an- other goal.
From MSNBC ● Mar. 21, 2015
Brooks arrived at the restaurant along with Valerie Jamieson, an- other physics editor from New Scientist, who introduced herself with a melodic Scottish brogue.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2014
From top, the band Yuck was among those that appeared on the tour; Stephen Pope of Wavves, appropriately named, an- other cruise group; Lou Barlow, leaning back, playing with Sebadoh.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2012
No one makes the connection that the an- cient Incans we’re studying—a civilization respected through- out the world for its technology and art and architecture—are Rosita’s ancestors.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
That was what they sang for the next few months as they wound through college campuses and through the bus route from Saket -an old protestor's chant about azaadi, freedom.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2013
That became even more of a certainty last week when the Swedish Academy bestowed on him the 1964 Nobel Prize for Literature -an honor he didn't want.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along with Senegal, Dahomey and the Voltaic Republic, the French Sudan completed the formation of the Mali Federation -an area of 680,000 square miles and 10 million people, with headquarters in Dakar.
From Time Magazine Archive
By then the space traveler is weightless -an unearthly state in which he may do himself injury with normal movements of his own muscles.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘In the end,’ he whispered, ‘he summons -an elemental.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
With the Symphony for the last two springs "Doc" Davison's singers have given Bach's great B Minor Mass. With the Vassar Glee Club in Poughkeepsie this spring they made an. evening of Brahms's German Requiem.
From Time Magazine Archive
Balogh's ideas are an. odd mixture of common sense and doctrinaire Pestering.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike most other raids in China, this one required a flight across treacherous mountains, through heavy weather, and an. approach over enemy-held Indo-China territory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although he is an effusive greeter, a vigorous handshaker and an. expert at the Indiana political massage,* he has a tendency toward bluntness.
From Time Magazine Archive
L, vertical section through the upper part of the flower, × 2. gy. pistil. p, pollen masses. an. stamen.
From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Douglas Houghton Campbell
I put the turning point in the spring of 2009, when A.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
A couple of decades later, Gottlob Frege with his "Begriffsshrift" and then Bertrand Russell and A.N.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
The Spring Valley-Wesley Heights Citizens Association’s website states that Wesley Heights, one of the country’s first planned communities, was developed in the 1920s by W.C. and A.N.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
Geetha A.N., a 47-year-old social health activist who is the first point of contact for 420 families, begins her rounds at 9 a.m.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2021
“But that was A.N. And I never liked it half as much as I like it with you.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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