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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To cap a summer of unusual heat and humidity, there is a possibility of rain over Labor Day weekend thanks to an unnamed tropical system developing off of Mexico, Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Those reasons might include an adult child needing more support because they earn significantly less, have an illness, or have to pay more to get on the housing ladder due to rising prices, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
A statement from its foreign ministry urged "the government and people of Niger to work together towards an inclusive and participatory return to stability and constitutional order".
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Roan appeared from the back of stage, revealing her leather, periwinkle stewardess outfit and red mod bob — an apparent nod to Luc Besson’s 1997 film “The Fifth Element.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Six years later, Hans and Gertie moved to the Philippines so he could work as an advertising manager for a magazine.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
An investigating magistrate is a judge who examines evidence in complex cases before trial and makes a recommendation about whether they should proceed.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
An AFP correspondent saw workers digging dozens more graves on Sunday in a forest clearing on the outskirts of the town.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
An enrollment boom after World War II prompted the university to set up an auxiliary residential campus 2 miles south of the main quad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
An observation that appears to reveal quantum gravity might, in some cases, also be explained without requiring gravity itself to behave quantum mechanically.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
An old man was there, buying a lot of frozen dinners and toilet paper.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
They screamed up at the bleachers: “GIMME AN E!”
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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
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
What the Bishops do have plenty of is "Bishopry" -an elusive but tensile esprit that makes them feel different, not to say unique.
From Time Magazine Archive
Director Clurman agrees: 'Julie hasn't developed what I call genius -an out-of-bounds personality.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘In the end,’ he whispered, ‘he summons -an elemental.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
These he delivered in an anticlimactic five-minute broadcast an. hour later.
From Time Magazine Archive
Balogh's ideas are an. odd mixture of common sense and doctrinaire Pestering.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Browsing among the classics of 19th Century fiction has lately proved an. inexpensive and richly rewarded occupation for Hollywood story departments.
From Time Magazine Archive
F, the same, with the corolla and sepals removed. an. the united anthers. gy. the tip of the pistil.
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
In his decades since scouting, A.N. says he’s experienced severe emotional trauma, including “shame, humiliation and loss of enjoyment of life.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
If we exclude books written by creationists — a group that A.N.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2017
“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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