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Other Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Other? [adj] very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow [adj] not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Other: another(a) \| different \| else \| new(a) \| opposite \| other than \| otherwise \| remaining \| some other \| strange \| unusual Related Terms \| Find terms related to Other: accessory \| accident \| accidental \| added \| addendum \| addition \| additional \| adjunct \| alien \| ancillary \| another \| apart \| appendage \| appurtenance \| autre chose \| auxiliary \| collateral \| contingency \| contingent \| contributory \| detached \| different story \| different thing \| disconnected \| discrete \| disjunct \| disparate \| disrelated \| dissimilar \| dissociated \| distant \| divergent \| diverse \| else \| exotic \| extra \| extraneous \| farther \| foreign \| fresh \| further \| happenstance \| incidental \| incommensurable \| incomparable \| independent \| inessential \| insular \| irrelative \| isolated \| mere chance \| more \| new \| no such thing \| nonessential \| not that sort \| not the same \| not the type \| not-self \| of a sort \| of another sort \| of sorts \| other than \| otherwise \| outlandish \| peculiar \| plus \| quite another thing \| rare \| removed \| renewed \| secondary \| segregate \| separate \| separated \| something else \| something else again \| spare \| special \| strange \| subsidiary \| sui generis \| superaddition \| supernumerary \| supplement \| supplemental \| supplementary \| surplus \| ulterior \| unaffiliated \| unalike \| unallied \| unassociated \| unconnected \| unequal \| unessential \| unique \| unlike \| unrelatable \| unrelated See Also \| separate Other In Webster's Dictionary \Oth"er\ ([u^][th]"[~e]r), conj. [See {Or}.] Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used). [Obs.] Other of chalk, other of glass. --Chaucer. \Oth"er\, pron. & a. [AS. [=o][eth]er; akin to OS. [=a][eth]ar, [=o][eth]ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel. annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an[thorn]ar, Skr. antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya other. [root]180. Cf. {Alter}.] Usage: [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.] 1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two. Each of them made other for to win. --Chaucer. Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. --Matt. v. 39. 2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river. 3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day. 4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.] A distaff in her other hand she had. --Spenser. Note: Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun, often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc. The one shall be taken, and the other left. --Matt. xxiv. 41. And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell into good ground. --Matt. xiii. 7, 8. \Oth"er\, adv. Otherwise. ``It shall none other be.'' --Chaucer. ``If you think other.'' --Shak.

Other Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Other?

[adj] very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow
[adj] not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"

See Also | separate

Other In Webster's Dictionary

\Oth"er\ ([u^][th]"[~e]r), conj. [See {Or}.]
Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as
either . . . or are now used). [Obs.]

      Other of chalk, other of glass.          --Chaucer.


\Oth"er\, pron. & a. [AS. [=o][eth]er; akin to OS.
[=a][eth]ar, [=o][eth]ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel.
annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an[thorn]ar, Skr.
antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya
other. [root]180. Cf. {Alter}.]

Usage: [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been
   specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
   of two.

         Each of them made other for to win.   --Chaucer.

         Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
         to him the other also.                --Matt. v. 39.

2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side
   of a river.

3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every;
   as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every
   second day.

4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]

         A distaff in her other hand she had.  --Spenser.

Note: Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun,
      often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.

            The one shall be taken, and the other left.
                                               --Matt. xxiv.
                                               41.

            And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell
            into good ground.                  --Matt. xiii.
                                               7, 8.


\Oth"er\, adv.
Otherwise. ``It shall none other be.'' --Chaucer. ``If you
think other.'' --Shak.

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