another-guess

[ uh-nuhth-er-ges ]

/ əˈnʌð ərˌgɛs /

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adjective Archaic.

of another kind.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Origin of another-guess

1615–25; earlier anothergets, another-gates, originally as genitive of phrase another gate another kind (see gate²); respelling by association with guess

Words nearby another-guess

anorthosite, anoscope, anosmia, another, another county heard from, another-guess, Anouilh, an ounce of prevention, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, ANOVA, anovulant

How to use another-guess in a sentence

But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
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Jones is a veteran of another beloved-yet-controversial animated series on Adult Swim, The Boondocks.
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“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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But in the case of black women, another study found no lack of interest.
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Shortly after dawn, there was another outbreak of deadly force.
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Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
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The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
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Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
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After all, may not even John Burns be human; may not Mr. Chamberlain himself have a heart that can feel for another?
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