one another

American  

pronoun

1. each other.

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one another British  

pronoun

1. Also: each other.  the reflexive form of plural pronouns when the action, attribution, etc, is reciprocal

   they kissed one another

   knowing one another

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one another Idioms  

1. see each other.

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Usage

See each other.

Etymology

Origin of one another

First recorded in 1520–30

Compare meaning

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• each other vs. one another

Example Sentences

Neither the AI-pocalypse nor an energy crisis kept companies from agreeing to buy one another at a record clip during the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

He added: “We have people from all different walks of life that are working in the building and players from all different walks of life, right? So the first thing is, everybody comes with their own personal experiences. … We’ve got to all be professional. I think there’s got to be a high level of respect for one another, and we’ve got to help each other and then be accountable to those standards.”

From Los Angeles Times

A welter of memoirs and biographies have traced their colorful lives as well as their relationships with one another and with their hot-tempered father, David.

From The Wall Street Journal

On-screen, seventeen Elders wearing aprons stood proudly next to one another.

From Literature

Laughter bloomed as they joked with one another.

From Literature

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