Meaning

4 senses
  1. Form of a (all article senses).

    (indefinite)Used before a vowel sound.

    I'll be there in half an hour.

    'E's staying at an 'otel. (compare He's staying at a hotel.)

  2. (indefinite)Used before /h/ in a stressed or unstressed syllable.

  3. (indefinite, rare)Used before one and words with initial ⟨u⟩, ⟨eu⟩ when pronounced /ju/.

  4. (UK, West Country, indefinite, nonstandard)Used before all consonants.

Examples

33069 sentences
  1. I met her an hour ago.

    Я зустрів її годину тому. — deniko

    ruЯ встретил её час назад. — Lenin_1917

    deIch habe sie vor einer Stunde getroffen. — xtofu80

  2. I'll be back within an hour.

    Я повернуся протягом години. — deniko

    ruЯ вернусь в течение часа. — Biga

    deIn einer Stunde bin ich wieder da. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I'm taking an exam in January.

    Я здаю екзамен у січні. — deniko

    ruВ январе у меня экзамен. — marafon

    deIm Januar habe ich eine Prüfung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. The medicine had an immediate effect.

    Ліки подіяли миттєво. — deniko

    ruЛекарство подействовало немедленно. — sharptoothed

    deDas Medikament hatte eine sofortige Wirkung. — Tamy

  5. Ice hockey is an exciting sport.

    Хокей — захоплюючий вид спорту. — deniko

Translations

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By meaning 1
indefinite article:

Origin

From Middle English an, from Old English ān (“a, an”, literally “one”). More at one.

From Middle English an, from Old English ān (“a, an”, literally “one”). More at one.

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Word family

1 related words
DerivedanotherA1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
an — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto