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indefinite article

 
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–noun Grammar.
an article, as English a, an, that denotes class membership of the noun it modifies without particularizing it.
Origin:
1720–30
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indefinite article  
n.  An article, such as English a or an, that does not fix the identity of the noun modified.
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indefinite article

The word a or an introducing an unspecified noun or the name of a general category: “a dog,” “an apple,” “an orange.” An is used when the next word begins with a vowel or a silent (unpronounced) h, as in “an egg” or “an hour.”

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