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other

ot·her

UK/ˈʌðə/ US/ʊðə/ very common formal

adjective

1.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

  • “today isn”
  • “- the White Queen;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
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2.

further or added

  • “called for additional troops”
  • “need extra help”
  • “an extra pair of shoes”
  • “I have no other shoes”
  • “there are other possibilities”
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3.

recently past

  • “the other evening”
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4.

of the distant past

  • “the early inhabitants of Europe”
  • “former generations”
  • “in other times”
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5.

very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected

  • “a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail” Lance Morrow
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Origin

From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).

Phrases

  • all other things being equal
  • among other things
  • any other business
  • bat for the other side
  • bat for the other team
  • crawl over each other
  • each other
  • every other

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See also

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