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oth⋅er

  [uhth-er]
Use other in a Sentence
–adjective
1. additional or further: he and one other person.
2. different or distinct from the one mentioned or implied: in some other city; Some other design may be better.
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.
–noun
8. the other one: Each praises the other.
–pronoun
9. 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
11. otherwise; differently (usually fol. by than): We can't collect the rent other than by suing the tenant.
—Idiom
12. every other, every alternate: a meeting every other week.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ōther (pronoun, adj., and n.); c. G ander, Goth anthar; akin to Skt antara-
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oth·er   (ŭth'ər)   
adj.  

    1. Being the remaining one of two or more: the other ear.

    2. Being the remaining ones of several: His other books are still in storage.

  2. Different from that or those implied or specified: Any other person would tell the truth.

  3. Of a different character or quality: "a strange, other dimension . . . where his powers seemed to fail" (Lance Morrow).

  4. Of a different time or era either future or past: other centuries; other generations.

  5. Additional; extra: I have no other shoes.

  6. Opposite or contrary; reverse: the other side.

  7. Alternate; second: every other day.

  8. Of the recent past: just the other day.

n.  

    1. The remaining one of two or more: One took a taxi, and the other walked home.

    2. others The remaining ones of several: After her departure the others resumed the discussion.

    3. A different person or thing: one hurricane after the other.

    4. An additional person or thing: How many others will come later?

    1. A different person or thing: one hurricane after the other.

    2. An additional person or thing: How many others will come later?

pron.  

  1. A different or an additional person or thing: We'll get someone or other to replace him.

  2. others People aside from oneself: "the eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages" (Virginia Woolf).

adv.  In another way; otherwise; differently: The car performed other than perfectly.

[Middle English, from Old English ōther; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

other

In addition to the idioms beginning with other, also see at each other's throats; do unto others; each other; every other; in one ear and out the other; in someone's pocket (live in each other's pockets); in other words; 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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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