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Definitions of an:

part of speech: adjective

One: the indefinite article, used before words beginning with the sound of a vowel.

part of speech: conjunction

Noting a single individual, but less emphatic than one; the indefinite article, put before nouns or adjs. in the sing. beginning with a vowel or the sound of a vowel- as, an egg, an honourable man.

part of speech: conjunction

If.

Usage examples for an:

• I've an idea he asked you to look after her. "Vane of the Timberlands", Harold Bindloss

• Then came an out. "The New Boy at Hilltop", Ralph Henry Barbour

• There's one out in about an hour and a half. "The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House", Ross Kay