Search results for 'other':

other adj 1 remaining from a group of two or more when one or some have been specified already • Now close the other eye. 2 different from the one or ones already mentioned, understood or implied • other people. 3 additional; further • need to buy one other thing. 4 far or opposite • the other side of the world. pronoun 1 a another person or thing; b (others) other people or things. 2 (others) further or additional ones • I'd like to see some others. 3 (usually the others) the remaining people or things of a group • Go with the others. adverb (usually other than) otherwise; differently • couldn't do other than hurry home. noun 1 someone or something considered separate, different, additional to, apart from, etc the rest • introduced him as his significant other. 2 literary theory (often Other) in Lacanian terms: someone who does not belong to a specified social, cultural, racial, etc group and who is therefore excluded from participation in the predominant group's interpretation of eg literary texts. otherness noun the fact or condition of being other or different. every other each alternate; every second • see him every other week. in other words this means • 'I've really no time.' 'In other words you can't do it?'. other than ... 1 except ...; apart from ... • Other than that, there's no news. 2 different from ... • do something other than watch TV. other things being equal circumstances or conditions being unchanged. someone, something or somewhere, etc or other some unspecified person, thing or place, etc • It's here somewhere or other. the other day or week, etc a few days or weeks, etc ago. the other man or woman the lover of a woman or man who is already married or in a relationship.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

other adj 1 remaining from a group of two or more when one or some have been specified already • Now close the other eye. 2 different from the one or ones already mentioned, understood or implied • other people. 3 additional; further • need to buy one other thing. 4 far or opposite • the other side of the world. pronoun 1 a another person or thing; b (others) other people or things. 2 (others) further or additional ones • I'd like to see some others. 3 (usually the others) the remaining people or things of a group • Go with the others. adverb (usually other than) otherwise; differently • couldn't do other than hurry home. noun 1 someone or something considered separate, different, additional to, apart from, etc the rest • introduced him as his significant other. 2 literary theory (often Other) in Lacanian terms: someone who does not belong to a specified social, cultural, racial, etc group and who is therefore excluded from participation in the predominant group's interpretation of eg literary texts. otherness noun the fact or condition of being other or different. every other each alternate; every second • see him every other week. in other words this means • 'I've really no time.' 'In other words you can't do it?'. other than ... 1 except ...; apart from ... • Other than that, there's no news. 2 different from ... • do something other than watch TV. other things being equal circumstances or conditions being unchanged. someone, something or somewhere, etc or other some unspecified person, thing or place, etc • It's here somewhere or other. the other day or week, etc a few days or weeks, etc ago. the other man or woman the lover of a woman or man who is already married or in a relationship.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

other adj 1 remaining from a group of two or more when one or some have been specified already • Now close the other eye. 2 different from the one or ones already mentioned, understood or implied • other people. 3 additional; further • need to buy one other thing. 4 far or opposite • the other side of the world. pronoun 1 a another person or thing; b (others) other people or things. 2 (others) further or additional ones • I'd like to see some others. 3 (usually the others) the remaining people or things of a group • Go with the others. adverb (usually other than) otherwise; differently • couldn't do other than hurry home. noun 1 someone or something considered separate, different, additional to, apart from, etc the rest • introduced him as his significant other. 2 literary theory (often Other) in Lacanian terms: someone who does not belong to a specified social, cultural, racial, etc group and who is therefore excluded from participation in the predominant group's interpretation of eg literary texts. otherness noun the fact or condition of being other or different. every other each alternate; every second • see him every other week. in other words this means • 'I've really no time.' 'In other words you can't do it?'. other than ... 1 except ...; apart from ... • Other than that, there's no news. 2 different from ... • do something other than watch TV. other things being equal circumstances or conditions being unchanged. someone, something or somewhere, etc or other some unspecified person, thing or place, etc • It's here somewhere or other. the other day or week, etc a few days or weeks, etc ago. the other man or woman the lover of a woman or man who is already married or in a relationship.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.