one another

one an·oth·er

O o

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wuhn uh-nuhth -er]
- /wʌn əˈnʌð ər/
- /wʌn əˈnʌðə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wuhn uh-nuhth -er]
- /wʌn əˈnʌð ər/

Definitions of one another words

pronoun one another each other 1
pronoun one another You use one another to indicate that each member of a group does something to or for the other members. 0
pronoun one another the reflexive form of plural pronouns when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal 0
noun one another each one the other; each other 0

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Origin of one another

First appearance:

before 1520

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1520-30

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for One another

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of One another

one another popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for one another

pron one another

each — every one of two or more considered individually or one by one: each stone in a building; a hallway with a door at each end.
each and every one — all
each other — Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two (The two candidates respected each other) and one another in reference to three or more (The three nations threaten one another), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more. The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.

pronoun one another

one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.

All 4 Synonyms of one another