What Does AN Mean?

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Definitions for ANən; when stressed ænan

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word AN.

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 12 votes

1. Associate in Nursing, ANnoun

   an associate degree in nursing

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. ancontraction

   and

   She'll be ridin' an' comin' up soon. The smart girl an' the silly boy.

2. ANnoun

   A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.

3. Etymology: From the preposition an/on.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anarticle.

   The article indefinite, used before a vowel, or h mute.

   Etymology: ane , Saxon. een, Dutch, eine, German.

   1. One, but with less emphasis; as, there stands a house.

   Since he cannot be always employed in study, reading, and conversation, there will be many an hour, besides what his exercises will take up. John Locke.

   2. Any, or some; as, an elephant might swim in this water.

   He was no way at an uncertainty, nor ever in the least at a loss concerning any branch of it. John Locke, on St. Paul’s Epistles.

   A wit’s a feather, and a chief a rod,An honest man’s the noblest work of God. Alexander Pope.

   3. Sometimes it signifies, like a, some particular state; but this is now disused.

   It is certain, that odours do, in a small degree, nourish; especially the odour of wine; and we see men an hungred do love to smell hot bread. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   4. An is sometimes, in old authours, a contraction of and if.

   He can’t flatter, he!An honest mind and plain, he must speak truth;An they will take it so; if not, he’s plain. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   5. Sometimes a contraction of and before if.

   Well I knowThe clerk will ne’er wear hair on’s face that had it.———— He will an’ if he live to be a man. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   6. Sometimes it is a contraction of as if.

   My next pretty correspondent, like William Shakespeare’s lion in Pyramus and Thisbe, roars an’ it were any nightingale. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 121.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. an

   "An" is a determiner in the English language used before nouns to indicate that the noun refers to something specific or known to both the speaker and the listener. It is the indefinite article and is typically used when referring to a singular, countable noun that is not specified or previously mentioned.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. 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

2. An

   if; -- a word used by old English authors

3. Etymology: [Shortened fr. and, OE. an., and, sometimes and if, in introducing conditional clauses, like Icel. enda if, the same word as and. Prob. and was originally pleonastic before the conditional clause.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. an

   .an is the Internet country code top-level domain for the former Netherlands Antilles. It is administered by the University of the Netherlands Antilles. As the Netherlands Antilles have been dissolved in 2010, the domain is being phased out. As of November 2010 the .an domain remains live with over 800 domains registered under .an including secondary levels.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. An

   an, adj. one: the indefinite article, used before words beginning with the sound of a vowel. [A.S. ān. See One.]

2. An

   an, conj. if. [A form of And.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. an

   Forming adjective.

   The word " an " is used to form a sentence.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 22, 2020

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, An is ranked #4353 in terms of the most common surnames in America.The An surname appeared 8,160 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname An.92.9% or 7,588 total occurrences were Asian.3.3% or 275 total occurrences were White.1.4% or 116 total occurrences were of two or more races.1.2% or 104 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.0.8% or 71 total occurrences were Black.0% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. • Associate Degree

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AN' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #34

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'AN' in Written Corpus Frequency: #92

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Anagrams for AN »

1. N.A.

2. NA

3. n.a.

4. n/a

5. na

How to pronounce AN?

1. AlexUS EnglishDavidUS EnglishMarkUS EnglishDanielBritishLibbyBritishMiaBritishKarenAustralianHayleyAustralianNatashaAustralianVeenaIndianPriyaIndianNeerjaIndianZiraUS EnglishOliverBritishWendyBritishFredUS EnglishTessaSouth African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of AN in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of AN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Popularity rank by frequency of use

AN#1#29#10000

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=AN
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/An
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionaryhttps://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=AN
4. ^ ChatGPThttps://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionaryhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AN
6. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=AN
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionaryhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=AN
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Recordshttps://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sourceshttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=AN

Translations for AN

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• 'nAfrikaans
• una, unAragonese
• لArabic
• un, ul, urBreton
• una, unCatalan, Valencian
• anCzech
• om, en, pr., etDanish
• ein, den, die, eine, pro, so, dasGerman
• έναςGreek
• seEsperanto
• un, unaSpanish
• یه, یه -ی, یک, ی, یک -یPersian
• "AN" in Finnish can translate to "Yksi" if you wish to convey the meaning of the indefinite article "a" or "an". However, if you're just asking for the letters "AN" to be translated, they would remain "AN", as Finnish uses the same Latin script. PleaFinnish
• e dua naFijian
• un, uneFrench
• inWestern Frisian
• The word "AN" in Irish is "AN" as well. However, it can have different meanings based on context, such as "the" in English. If you have a specific context in mind, please let me know!Irish
• un, unhaGalician
• אחדHebrew
• एकHindi
• yonHaitian Creole
• egyHungarian
• մըն, մըArmenian
• unInterlingua
• sebuahIndonesian
• uno, una, se, alla, all', un, un', al, alloItalian
• אHebrew
• とJapanese
• ಒಂದುKannada
• 과Korean
• -ek, -yek, yekKurdish
• quodLatin
• engLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
• поMacedonian
• eenDutch
• ein, ei, eitNorwegian Nynorsk
• en, ei, etNorwegian
• una, unOccitan
• naPolish
• o, um, por, uma, aPortuguese
• o, unRomanian
• en, ettSwedish
• ஒருTamil
• ఒకTelugu
• หนึ่งThai
• isangTagalog
• birTurkish
• The translation of "AN" to Urdu is "ایک".Urdu
• cuốn, người, cái, con, quảVietnamese
• un, hiun, jiunVolapük
• אַן, אַYiddish
• 一個Chinese

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