other

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ōther; akin to Old High German andar other, Sanskrit antara Date: before 12th century 1. a. being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included <

held on with one hand and waved with the other one

> b. being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied <

taller than the other boys

> c. second <

every other day

> 2. not the same ; different <

any other color would have been better

> <

something other than it seems to be

> 3. additional <

sold in the United States and 14 other countries

> 4. a. recently past <

the other evening

> b. former <

in other times

> 5. disturbingly or threateningly different ; alien, exotic II. noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. one that remains of two or more b. a thing opposite to or excluded by something else <

went from one side to the other

> <

nature as the other of culture

> 2. a different or additional one <

the others came later

> 3. a. one (as another person) that is psychologically differentiated from the self b. often capitalized one considered by members of a dominant group as alien, exotic, threatening, or inferior (as because of different racial, sexual, or cultural characteristics) III. pronoun, sometimes plural in construction Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete a. one of two that remains b. each preceding one 2. a different or additional one <

something or other

> IV. adverb Date: 13th century otherwise — used with than <

was unable to see them other than by going to their home

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