other

[ˈʌðə]

 

 

ADJECTIVE

1. used to refer to a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about:

   "stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support" ·

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   "other people found her difficult" · "a language unrelated to any other"

   • alternative of two:

     "the other side of the street" ·

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     "my other brother" · "she flung up first one arm and then the other" · "one or other of his parents"

     synonyms: alternative · different · dissimilar · disparate ·

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     distinct · separate · contrasting · unlike · variant

   • those remaining in a group; those not already mentioned:

     "they took the other three away in an ambulance" ·

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     "Freddie set off and the others followed"

     synonyms: remainder · residue · balance ·

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     remaining part/number/quantity · part/number/quantity (that is) left over · others · those left · remains · remnant · remnants · rump · surplus · difference · extra · excess · superfluity · overflow · overspill · additional people/material/things · extra people/material/things · residuum

2. further; additional:

   "one other word of advice" ·

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   "Labour would have 49 MPs plus ten others"

   synonyms: more · further · additional · extra · added ·

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   supplementary · supplemental

3. BRIT.

   informal

   (the other)

   used euphemistically to refer to sexual intercourse:

   "a bit of the other"

4. philosophy

   sociology

   (the other)

   that which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself.

   "she needs to escape the tyranny of the Other"

VERB

1. 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"