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ALL meanings of other

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  • adjective other different 1
  • adjective other additional 1
  • adjective other remaining 1
  • pronoun other other persons 1
  • pronoun other remaining things 1
  • abbreviation OTHER otherwise 1
  • pronoun other distinct person or thing 1
  • noun other Used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about. 1
  • adjective other additional or further: he and one other person. 1
  • adjective other 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. 1
  • adjective other different in nature or kind: I would not have him other than he is. 1
  • adjective other being the remaining one of two or more: the other hand. 1
  • adjective other (used with plural nouns) being the remaining ones of a number: the other men; some other countries. 1
  • adjective other former; earlier: sailing ships of other days. 1
  • adjective other not long past: the other night. 1
  • noun other the other one: Each praises the other. 1
  • noun other (often initial capital letter). form, a group or member of a group that is perceived as different, foreign, strange, etc.: Prejudice comes from fear of the other. a person or thing that is the counterpart of someone or something else: the role of the Other in the development of self. 1
  • adverb other otherwise; differently (usually followed by than): We can't collect the rent other than by suing the tenant. 1
  • verb with object other 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. 1
  • idioms other every other, every alternate: a meeting every other week. 1
  • adjective other You use other to refer to an additional thing or person of the same type as one that has been mentioned or is known about. 0
  • adjective other Other is also a pronoun. 0
  • adjective other You use other to indicate that a thing or person is not the one already mentioned, but a different one. 0
  • adjective other You use the other to refer to the second of two things or people when the identity of the first is already known or understood, or has already been mentioned. 0
  • adjective other The other is also a pronoun. 0
  • adjective other You use other at the end of a list or a group of examples, to refer generally to people or things like the ones just mentioned. 0
  • adjective other You use the other to refer to the rest of the people or things in a group, when you are talking about one particular person or thing. 0
  • adjective other The others is also a pronoun. 0
  • adjective other Other people are people in general, as opposed to yourself or a person you have already mentioned. 0
  • adjective other Others means the same as other people. 0
  • adjective other You use other in informal expressions of time such as the other day, the other evening, or the other week to refer to a day, evening, or week in the recent past. 0
  • determiner other (a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood) 0
  • determiner other additional; further 0
  • determiner other alternate; two 0
  • pronoun other another 0
  • pronoun other additional or further ones 0
  • pronoun other other people or things 0
  • pronoun other different ones (from those specified or understood) 0
  • adverb other otherwise; differently 0
  • adjective other being the remaining one or ones of two or more 0
  • adjective other different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied 0
  • adjective other different in nature or kind 0
  • adjective other further or additional 0
  • adjective other former 0
  • pronoun other the other one 0
  • pronoun other another or some other person or thing 0
  • noun other the opposite 0
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