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The definition of other is the remaining or different one.

(adjective)

An example of other is someone choosing between two people in a line-up and saying it wasn't the man they're pointing at but the man standing next to him, the other man.

See other in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

being the remaining one or ones of two or more: Bill and the other boys
different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied: use your other foot, not Jane but some other girl
different in nature or kind: it is other than you think
further or additional: to have no other coat
former: the customs of other times

Origin: ME < OE, akin to Ger ander, Goth anthar < IE *anteros, the other of two (< base *an, there + compar. suffix) > Sans ántara-

pronoun

the other one: each loved the other
another or some other person or thing: to do as others do

noun

the opposite: hate is the other of love

adverb

otherwise; differently: he can't do other than go

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otherness noun

See other in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

a. Being the remaining one of two or more: the other ear.
b. Being the remaining ones of several: His other books are still in storage.
Different from that or those implied or specified: Any other person would tell the truth.
Of a different character or quality: “a strange, other dimension . . . where his powers seemed to fail” (Lance Morrow).
Of a different time or era either future or past: other centuries; other generations.
Additional; extra: I have no other shoes.
Opposite or contrary; reverse: the other side.
Alternate; second: every other day.
Of the recent past: just the other day.

noun

a. The remaining one of two or more: One took a taxi, and the other walked home.
b. others The remaining ones of several: After her departure the others resumed the discussion.
a. A different person or thing: one hurricane after the other.
b. An additional person or thing: How many others will come later?

pron.

A different or an additional person or thing: We'll get someone or other to replace him.
others People aside from oneself: “the eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages” (Virginia Woolf).

adverb

In another way; otherwise; differently: The car performed other than perfectly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English ōther; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots

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