"for another thing" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

  1. (sequence) Used to introduce an additional item in a possible sequence Tags: sequence Coordinate_terms: for one thing Translations ((to introduce an additional item)): lisäksi (Finnish), toiseksi (Finnish), d'autre part (French), zum Anderen (German), po drugie (Polish), na dodatek (Polish), co więcej (Polish), zresztą (Polish), во-вторы́х (vo-vtorýx) (Russian), sonra (Turkish)
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "lisäksi"
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          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "d'autre part"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "zum Anderen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "po drugie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "na dodatek"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "co więcej"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "zresztą"
        },
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          "roman": "vo-vtorýx",
          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "во-вторы́х"
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          "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
          "word": "sonra"
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      "word": "lisäksi"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "toiseksi"
    },
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "d'autre part"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "zum Anderen"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "po drugie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "na dodatek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "co więcej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "zresztą"
    },
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      "lang_code": "ru",
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      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
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    },
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      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "sense": "(to introduce an additional item)",
      "word": "sonra"
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