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an
an is a 2-letter English word with 3 senses as conjunction and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 2 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
2 letters · Scrabble 2 · Words With Friends 3 · 3 senses
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- 1
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.
- 2conjunction
If; -- a word used by old English authors.
- 3noun
an associate degree in nursing
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