AN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does AN mean? 

• AN (noun)
  The noun AN has 1 sense:

1. an associate degree in nursing

  Familiarity information: AN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An associate degree in nursing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

AN; Associate in Nursing

Hypernyms ("AN" is a kind of...):

associate; associate degree (a degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies)

 Context examples 

It seemed to reveal to her an undreamed depravity in her nature.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

As Desborough, their horse, was second in the betting, they had an interest in the disappearance of the favourite.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was sure that he would make an attempt to get me out of the way at once, and would bring round his murderous weapon for that purpose.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It must have been an inside job—this can happen, even at a reputable bank.

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They had hardly been walking an hour when they saw before them a great ditch that crossed the road and divided the forest as far as they could see on either side.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

All the day long she flew about in the form of an owl, or crept about the country like a cat; but at night she always became an old woman again.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Near the horizon the sun was smouldering dimly, almost obscured by formless mists and vapors, which gave an impression of mass and density without outline or tangibility.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I had lived a placid, uneventful, sedentary existence all my days—the life of a scholar and a recluse on an assured and comfortable income.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

In no place save from the windows in the castle walls is there an available exit.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)