Definition of An

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<networking> The country code for the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch Antilles).
(1999-01-27)

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Netherland ANtilles
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Netherland Antilles

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alphanumeric; analog nonsecure
  

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Air Force - Navy (Standard or Specification); Army-Navy (Standard)

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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.

  
(conj.)
If; -- a word used by old English authors.
  

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Noun
1. an associate degree in nursing
(synonym) Associate in Nursing
(hypernym) associate degree, associate

An Oxford scholar
Meaning
A dollar.
Origin
Cockney rhyming slang. Not a US dollar but five shillings in old UK coinage, now 25 pence.

An albatross round his neck
Meaning
A burden which some unfortunate person has to carry.
Origin
A reference to the poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in which the character who shot an albtross is obliged to carry the bird hung around his neck.
`God save thee, ancient Mariner !
From the fiends, that plague thee thus !--
Why look'st thou so ?'--With my cross-bow
I shot the ALBATROSS.
...
Ah ! well a-day ! what evil looks
Had I from old and young !
Instead of the cross, the Albatross
About my neck was hung.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Meaning
The notion that for every wrong done there should be a compensating measure of justice.
Origin
From the Code of Hammurabi. Hammurabi was King of Babylon, 1792-1750BC. The code survives today in the Akkadian language. Used in The Bible, Matthew 5:38. 'Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth'.

An ill-favoured thing sir, but mine own
Origin
From Shakespeare's As You Like It.
TOUCHSTONE:
God 'ild you, sir; I desire you of the like. I
press in here, sir, amongst the rest of the country
copulatives, to swear and to forswear: according as
marriage binds and blood breaks: a poor virgin,
sir, an ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own; a poor
humour of mine, sir, to take that that no man else
will: rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a
poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.

Angry young man - An
Origin
One of the group of British playwrights who wrote 'kitchen sink' dramas in the 1950s, or people of a like mind. The plays centred on the unsatisfactory nature of the UK's class system and working-class life. The term was applied most notably to John Osbourne and it was from his 'Look Back in Anger', first performed in 1956, that the phrase was derived.
ref: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition

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\an\ (ăn). [as. ān one, the same word as the numeral. see one, and cf. a.] 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.
note: an is used before a word beginning with a vowel sound; as, an enemy, an hour. it in also often used before h sounded, when the accent of the word falls on the second syllable; as, an historian, an hyena, an heroic deed. many writers use a before h in such positions. anciently an was used before consonants as well as vowels.
an
\an\, conj. [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.] if; -- a word used by old english authors. nay, an thou dalliest, then i am thy foe. jonson.
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if, and if; if.

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 to spring an arch 
 to take an act thing amiss 
 to contest an election 
 with an editorial 
 to strike an attitude 
 to stock an anchor 
 right to an attorney 
 life of an execution 
 keep an eye on 
 to feather an oar 
 center of an army 
 to take an observation 
 to exibit an essay 
 an equation 
 an extravagant 
 an if 
 an article 
 an ear or one`s ears 
 arcual measure of an angle 
 an end 
 an accumulation of degrees 
 an arm of flesh 
 half an eye 
 on an irregular basis 
 most an end 
 face of an anvil 
 fermentation by an 
 haunches of an arch 
 in and an 
 to back an anchor 
 in an editorial 
 in an elaborate way 
 in an arch manner 
 springing line of an arch 
 quadrature of an orbit 
 to turn an honest penny 
 within an ace of 
 on an average 
 on an individual basis 
 legs of an hyperbola 
 to enlarge an 
 service of an attachment 
 service of an execution 
 to keep an eye on 
 a lie or an assertion 

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 to put an end to 
 verification of an equation 
 to reduce an equation 
 to lay an anchor to the windward 
 to reduce an expression 
 to drag an anchor 
 complement of an 
 trend of an anchor 
 to double-bank an oar 
 to an adequate degree 
 to put in an appearance 
 to reverse an engine 
 tangent of an angle 
 to pocket an insult 
 tangent of an arc 
 a ledger or an account 
 to pipe in an ivy leaf 
 chord of an arch 
 to lay an ambush 
 to bate an ace 
 vertex of an angle 
 spring of an arch 
 to serve an office 
 to lodge an information 
 an `t 
 an abstract idea 
 coupler of an organ 
 as an alternative 
 like an expert 
 inclination of an orbit 
 bestow an award upon 
 like an amateur 
 quite an 
 to serve an attachment 
 to serve an execution 
 to make an out 
 root of an equation 
 through an experiment 
 to make an ass of one`s self 
 construction of an equation 
 to bob at an apple 
 to run for an office 
 to have an eye to 

an
per/each

an (with verbs)
question

an- (intensive prefix)
very, excellent

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An = n. an element, principle, privative particle equal to UN

an-
prefix
without or lacking

anorexia nervosa (AN, anorexia)
That eating disorder characterized by refusal to keep one’s body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for one’s age and height; an intense, irrational fear of weight gain or of becoming fat; and a misperception of the weight or shape of one’s body, an excessive influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or refusal to acknowledge the seriousness of one’s subnormal weight status. In females who have experienced menarche, anorexia is further characterized by non-occurrence of natural menstruation for three consecutive months.

an
(adv.) or "Are you going OR are you staying?".

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alphanumeric characters

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AUTONATION INC
Exchange: NYSE
Holding company with subsidiaries which own and operate franchised automobile dealerships; And research and arrange to purchase, finance andinsure new or used vehicle online.

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Access Network

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Air Force-Navy or Army-Navy

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Access Network,
Access Node

Ansett Australia
Ansett Australia (Australia)
IATA: AN
ICAO: AAA
Web:
Aliances:
FF:

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Netherlands Antilles (Internet),
Netherlands Antilles (ISO 3166),
Andorra (FIPS 10-4)

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Advice note

An Quaich
Scotch Malt Whisky Society of Canada.
Founded in 1983 in Ottawa.
Dedicated to develop their appreciation and knowledge of the Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.

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