an

article5

1. •
   showing that you mean one person or thing without saying which one, used before a word that begins with 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. •
   Used before /h/ in a stressed or unstressed syllable.

   • Well yesterday was an historic day. Uh, there was last minute testimony scheduled in the January 6th committee from a former aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows. — 2022
3. •
   (rare) Used before one and words with initial ⟨u⟩, ⟨eu⟩ when pronounced /ju/.

   • God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. — 1611
4. •
   (UK, nonstandard) Used before all consonants.
5. •
   Form of a (all article senses).

conjunction3

1. •
   (no longer used) If

   • […] An the worst fall that ever fell, I hope I shall make shift to go without him. — 1596
2. •
   (no longer used) So long as.

   • An it harm none, do what ye will.
3. •
   (no longer used) As if; as though.

   • At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.

noun1

1. •
   The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).

number1

1. •
   (UK, nonstandard) one

preposition1

1. •
   In each; to or for each; per.

   • I was only going twenty miles an hour.

noun5

1. •
   (US) A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.
2. •
   Initialism of author's note or authors' note.
3. •
   Initialism of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a union territory of India.
4. •
   Initialism of antinatalism.
5. •
   Initialism of antinatalist.