an

7 definitions found

an - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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. --Shak.
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           Nay, an thou dalliest, then I am thy foe. --B. Jonson.
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     An if, and if; if.
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  An \An\ ([a^]n). [AS. [=a]n 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.
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     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.
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an - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  AN
      n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing
           , AN]

an - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

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

an - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  AN
         Access Node
         

  AN
         Alternating Network
         

an - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  AN, JOUR, ET WASTE. See Year, day, and waste.