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oth·er

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–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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other than
prep. With the exception of; except for; besides: Other than one sister, she has no close relatives.

other than
adverb
in another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently]

except
Example: There was no-one there other than an old woman.