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adjective
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additional or further: he and one other person.
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different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied: in some other city; Some other design may be better.
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different in nature or kind: I would not have him other than he is.
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being the remaining one of two or more: the other hand.
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EXPAND(used with plural nouns) being the remaining ones of a number: the other men; some other countries.
noun
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the other one: Each praises the other.
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is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
pronoun
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Usually, others. other persons or things: others in the medical profession.
10.
some person or thing else: Surely some friend or other will help me.
adverb
Idiom11.
otherwise; differently (usually followed by than): We can't collect the rent other than by suing the tenant.
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every other, every alternate: a meeting every other week.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English ōther (pronoun, adj., and noun); cognate with German ander, Gothic anthar; akin to Sanskrit antara-
before 900; Middle English; Old English ōther (pronoun, adj., and noun); cognate with German ander, Gothic anthar; akin to Sanskrit antara-
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Word Origin & History
other
O.E. oþer "the second, one of the two, other," from P.Gmc. *antharaz (cf. O.S. athar, O.N. annarr, Ger. ander, Goth. anþar "other"), from PIE *an-tero-, variant of *al-tero- "the other of two" (cf. Lith. antras, Skt. antarah "other, foreign," L. alter), from base *al- "beyond" + adj. comp.
EXPANDsuffix *-tero-. Sense of "second" was detached from this word in Eng. (which uses second, from L.) and Ger. (zweiter, from zwei "two") to avoid ambiguity. In Scand., however, the second floor is still the "other" floor (cf. Swed. andra, Dan. anden). Phrase other world "world of idealism or fantasy, afterlife, spirit-land" is c.1200; hence otherworldliness (c.1834). The other woman "a woman with whom a man begins a love affair while he is already committed" is from 1855. The other day originally (1154) was "the next day;" later (c.1300) "yesterday;" and now, loosely, "a day or two ago" (1421). Phrase other half in reference to either the poor or the rich, is recorded from 1607.
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"La moitié du monde ne sçayt comment l'aultre vit." [Rabelais, "Pantagruel," 1532]
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