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other

/ˈʌðɚ/

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What does other mean?

adjective

  1. See other (determiner) below.
  2. Second.
  3. Alien.
More meanings (11)

adjective

  1. Different.
  2. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.

noun

  1. An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
  2. The other one; the second of two.

determiner

  1. Not the one or ones previously referred to.

verb

  1. To regard, label, or treat as an “other”, as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
  2. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

proper noun

  1. Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.
  2. A surname.
  3. A male given name from Old Norse, of rare usage, used as an aristocratic heritage familial given name.

adverb

  1. (obsolete) Otherwise.

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IPA pronunciation

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All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarrelling with the other players, and shouting “Off with his head!”
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandProject Gutenberg ebook #11
One of the world's least developed countries, rugged mountains dominate and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and expensive.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
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On the other hand, if they are not in time, I solemnly promise that it will all come right in the end.
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
In order to furnish the quotas required of them, they outbid each other till bounties grew to an enormous and insupportable size.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
Here we have religion and robbery the allies of each other—devils dressed in angels’ robes, and hell presenting the semblance of paradise.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23