Definitions for other
ˈʌð əroth·er

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. otheradjective

   not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

   "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction"

2. other(a)adjective

   recently past

   "the other evening"

3. early(a), former(a), other(a)adjective

   belonging to the distant past

   "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

4. otheradjective

   very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected

   "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Otherpron.

   Etymology: oðer , Sax. autre, Fr.

   1. Not the same; not this; different.

   Of good actions some are better than other some. Richard Hooker.

   Will it not be received
   That they have don’t,
   Who dares receive it other? William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   He that will not give just occasion to think, that all government in the world is the product only of force and violence, and that men live together by no other rules but that of beasts, where the strongest carries; and so lay a foundation for perpetual disorder and mischief, tumult, sedition and rebellion; things that the followers of that hypothesis so loudly cry out against, must of necessity find out another state of government. John Locke.

   No leases shall ever be made other than leases for years not exceeding thirty-one, in possession, and not in reversion or remainder. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Not I, or he, but some one else.

   Were I king,
   I should cut off the nobles for their lands;
   Desire his jewels and this other’s house. William Shakespeare.

   Physicians are some of them so conformable to the humour of the patient, as they press not the true cure of the disease; and some other are so regular in proceeding according to art, as they respect not the condition of the patient. Francis Bacon, Essay 31.

   The dismayed matrons and maidens, some in their houses, other some in the churches with floods of tears and lamentable cries, poured forth their prayers to the Almighty, craving his help in that their hard distress. Richard Knolles.

   The king had all he crav’d, or could compel,
   And all was done —— let others judge how well. Daniel.

   3. Not the one, not this, but the contrary.

   There is that controling worth in goodness, that the will cannot but like and desire it; and on the other side, that odious deformity in vice, that it never offers itself to the affections of mankind, but under the disguise of the other. South.

   4. Correlative to each.

   In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Phil. ii. 3.

   Scotland and thou did each in other live,
   Nor would’st thou her, nor could she thee survive. Dryd.

   5. Something besides.

   The learning of Latin being nothing but the learning of words, join as much other real knowledge with it as you can. John Locke, on Education, s. 169.

   6. The next.

   Thy air,
   Thou other gold bound brow, is like the first;
   A third is like the former. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   7. The third past.

   Bind my hair up: as ’twas yesterday:
   No, nor the t’ other day. Ben Jonson.

   8. It is sometimes put elliptically for other thing;something different.

   I can expect no other from those that judge by single sights and rash measures, than to be thought fond or insolent. Joseph Glanvill.

Freebase(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. other

   The Other or Constitutive Other is a key concept in continental philosophy; it opposes the Same. The Other refers, or attempts to refer, to that which is other than the initial concept being considered. The Constitutive Other often denotes a person Other than one's self; hence, the Other is identified as "different"; thus the spelling is often capitalized.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Other

   uth′ėr, adj. and pron. different, not the same: additional: second of two.—adj. Oth′erguess=Othergates.—n. Oth′erness.—advs. Oth′erwhere, elsewhere; Oth′erwhile, Oth′erwhiles, at other times: sometimes; Oth′erwise, in another way or manner: by other causes: in other respects.—conj. else: under other conditions.—Every other, each alternate; Rather ... than otherwise, rather than not; The other day, on some day not long past, quite recently. [A.S. other; cf. Ger. ander, L. alter.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. other

   An equal in role, responsibility, structure, system, value, amount or number.

   The other house beside us is similar to ours.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'other' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #74

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'other' in Written Corpus Frequency: #115

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'other' in Nouns Frequency: #55

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'other' in Adjectives Frequency: #1

Anagrams for other »

1. throe

2. toher

3. thore

How to pronounce other?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say other in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of other in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of other in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of other in a Sentence

1. Bob Seger:

   My father left us when I was 10, so I had to make enough money for us to be able to live in a house because my brother went in the service during Vietnam and I was sole support of my mother. And she had no skills, really, except to clean other people's houses. So I had to have a bunch of jobs, you know, as well as music.

2. Sebastiano Cardi:

   We hope that Pyongyang will refrain from any other further escalation because it is not what we hope for.

3. Lance Bass:

   I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything.

4. Jeffery Lewis:

   If the silos under construction at other sites across China are added to the count, the total comes to about 145 silos under construction.

5. Tassin Barnard:

   Other sanctuaries have decided not to move their animals and just to do their best to defend them and I understand that too because it is extremely difficult to do.

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