Usually means: Indefinite article used before vowels.
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We found 62 dictionaries that define the word an:

General (31 matching dictionaries)
  1. AN, -an, an, an, an-: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. -an, an, an-, an-, an-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. AN, an, an, an, an-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. -an, an, an, an-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. AN, an: Vocabulary.com
  6. AN, AN, AN, An, An, a'n, an, an, an, an, an, an, an, aN: Wordnik
  7. -an, an: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. An, -an, an, an', an-: Wiktionary
  9. -an, an, an-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. an, an-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. an: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. AN, -an, .an, a.n, an, an-: Dictionary.com
  13. an, an-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. an: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. A.N, AN (disambiguation), AN, An-, An (Shinto), An (cuneiform), An (deity), An (disambiguation), An (film), An (god), An (mythology), An (surname), An, -an, .an: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. An: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. an: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. An: Rhymezone
  19. an: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. an: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. -an, an, an-: MyWord.info
  22. AN, An, .an: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. an: Free Dictionary
  24. an, an, an, an: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  25. an: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. AN, An, an: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  27. AN, an, an-: Dictionary/thesaurus
  28. an: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  29. an(e) (m/f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Sushi Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  3. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  4. an: Cooking Dictionary
  5. -an, an-, an-, an-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  6. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. AN (disambiguation), An: Legal dictionary
  4. AN (disambiguation), AN: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. an: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. AN (disambiguation), An (god), An (mythology), An (sky), An: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AN, An-: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  4. An-: MedFriendly Glossary
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. an-: GLOSSARY OF ALLERGY TERMS
  7. GASTROLAB Digestive Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. AN (disambiguation), An, An, -an, an-: Medical dictionary
  9. AN, An-: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AN: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. an: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. an: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A.N, an, an: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. An: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Fastener Terms (No longer online)
  4. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (An)

▸ noun:  The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
▸ noun:  (military, US) A set of sizes for screw threads agreed upon and jointly used by the United States Army and Navy.
▸ noun:  Abbreviation of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [An archipelago and union territory of India, in the Bay of Bengal. Capital: Port Blair]
▸ noun:  Alternative form of Anu [(Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian mythology) A sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, who dwelt in the highest heavenly region.]

Similar:
autonomic nervous system, an apple a day, bat an eye, bring one's arse to an anchor, eat an elephant one bite at a time, eye for an eye, have an eye for, in the wink of an eye, keep an eye peeled, keep an eye skinned, more...

Opposite:
against, excluding, outside, sans, without

Types:
ana, anode, anal, analgesic, analog, analogue, analogy, analytic, more...

Phrases:
an hour, an end, an age, An Education, quite an, more...


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Similar:
autonomic nervous system, an apple a day, bat an eye, bring one's arse to an anchor, eat an elephant one bite at a time, eye for an eye, have an eye for, in the wink of an eye, keep an eye peeled, keep an eye skinned, more...

Opposite:
against, excluding, outside, sans, without

Types:
ana, anode, anal, analgesic, analog, analogue, analogy, analytic, more...

Phrases:
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