other

American  

[uhth-er] / ˈʌð ər /

adjective

1. additional or further.

   he and one other person.

2. different or distinct from the one or ones already mentioned or implied.

   I'd like to live in some other city.

   The TV show follows the lives of people who are married, single, or other.

   The application gives three gender choices—male, female, and other.

3. different in nature or kind.

   I would not have him other than he is.

4. being the remaining one of two or more.

   the other hand.

5. (used with plural nouns) being the remaining ones of a number.

   the other men;

   some other countries.

6. former; earlier.

   sailing ships of other days.

7. not long past.

   the other night.

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noun

1. the other one.

   Each praises the other.

2. (often initial capital letter) none the other,

   1. a group or member of a group that is perceived as different, foreign, strange, etc..

      Prejudice comes from fear of the other.

   2. a person or thing that is the counterpart of someone or something else.

      the role of the Other in the development of self.

pronoun

1. Usually others other persons or things.

   others in the medical profession.

2. some person or thing else.

   Surely some friend or other will help me.

adverb

1. otherwise; differently (usually followed bythan ).

   We can't collect the rent other than by suing the tenant.

verb (used with object)

1. to perceive or treat (a group or member of a group) as different, foreign, strange, etc..

   Female murderers are othered by characterizing them as psychological oddities.

idioms

1. every other, every alternate.

   a meeting every other week.

other British  

/ ˈʌðə /

determiner

1. 1. (when used before a singular noun, usually preceded by the) the remaining (one or ones in a group of which one or some have been specified)

      I'll read the other sections of the paper later

   2. ( as pronoun; functioning as sing )

      one walks while the other rides

2. (a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood)

   he found some other house

   no other man but you

   other days were happier

3. additional; further

   there are no other possibilities

4. (preceded by every) alternate; two

   it buzzes every other minute

5. 1. apart from; besides

      a lady other than his wife

   2. Archaic form: other from.  different from

      he couldn't be other than what he is

6. archaic nothing else

   I can do no other

7. (preceded by a phrase or word with some) used to add vagueness to the preceding pronoun, noun, noun phrase, or adverb

   some dog or other bit him

   he's somewhere or other

8. conditions being the same or unchanged

9. a few days ago

10. an unexpressed alternative

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pronoun

1. another

   show me one other

2. (plural) additional or further ones

   the police have found two and are looking for others

3. (plural) other people or things

4. the remaining ones (of a group)

   take these and leave the others

5. (plural) different ones (from those specified or understood) See also each other one another

   they'd rather have others, not these

adverb

1. (usually used with a negative and foll by than) otherwise; differently

   they couldn't behave other than they do

other More Idioms  

More idioms and phrases containing other

• at each other's throats
• do unto others
• each other
• every other
• in one ear and out the other
• in other words
• in someone's pocket (live in each other's pockets)
• laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
• look the other way
• made for (each other)
• none other than
• on the one (the other) hand
• or other
• right (other) side of the tracks
• shoe is on the other foot
• six of one, half a dozen of the other
• the other day
• this and that (and the other)
• turn the other cheek
• wait for the other shoe to drop

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Etymology

Origin of other

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English ōther (pronoun, adjective, and noun); cognate with German ander, Gothic anthar; akin to Sanskrit antara-

Example Sentences

In other games, Victor Wembanyama had game highs of 28 points, 16 rebounds and five blocked shots to spark San Antonio's 111-99 triumph at Houston.

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That is also pushing up prices for less flashy chips used in consumer electronics -- threatening higher prices for phones, laptops and other devices worldwide.

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Nationwide, ICE operates thousands of such flights a year, both to move detainees around the United States like with Wednesday's charter, as well as deporting people to other countries -- sometimes nations other than their own.

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His case is in many ways similar to others with severe neuromotor disorders, such as British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who was confined to a wheelchair and could only communicate through a voice synthesiser.

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A retiree from the investment industry, he said the rapid rise prompted him to take the profits to fund other opportunities.

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Related Words

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