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oth·er
Audio Help / ˈʌð ər / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ uhth -er] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –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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