other
/ˈʌðə
/adjective & pronoun
1Used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about: [as adjective]: stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support other people found her difficult [as pronoun]: a language unrelated to any other...
- The second photo should be of a street sign or some other distinguishing landmark at the node.
- We do not yet know if this is the case or if fast cells differ from slow ones in some other way.
- Is that what has happened out here, or is there some other reason why we are different?
1.1Alternative of two: [as adjective]: the other side of the street my other brother [as pronoun]: she flung up first one arm and then the other one or other of his parents...
- The presidency has on a number of occasions played a crucial role in favouring one or other side.
- Finally, projected costs can be massaged to make one or other option look more attractive.
- All one could do was apply pressure on one or other party to implement better policies.
Synonyms
alternative, different, dissimilar, disparate, distinct, separate, contrasting, unlike, variant
1.2Those remaining in a group; those not already mentioned: [as adjective]: they took the other three away in an ambulance [as pronoun]: Freddie set off and the others followed...
- That man then ran back to the Rover where two of the others had already gone.
- By the time he reached the car park the others had already disappeared back into the community hall.
- Mama and I rested when we could, especially when we stopped to let the others rest.
2Further; additional: [as adjective]: one other word of advice [as pronoun]: Labour would have 49 MPs plus ten others...
- She also wants to be able to leave a small sum to cover additional costs if other names come to light.
- Evacuation may be effected from a few other places in addition to the above, of which notice will be given.
- The appellants raised other grounds in addition to that which occasioned the reference.
Synonyms
more, further, additional, extra, added, supplementary, supplemental
3 [pronoun] (the other) British informal Used euphemistically to refer to sexual intercourse: a bit of the other
4 [pronoun] (the other) Philosophy & Sociology That which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself: she needs to escape the tyranny of the Other...
- Thus it is in opposition to the other that psychoanalysis has conceptualised the self to emerge.
verb [with object]
View or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself: a critique of the ways in which the elderly are othered by society
Phrases
how the other half lives
no other
other than
on the other hand
the other day (or night, week, etc.)
the other thing
someone (or something or somehow etc.) or other
Origin
Old English ōther, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German ander, from an Indo-European root meaning 'different'.