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Other

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Adjective

1. other

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

Example Sentences:
'today isn't any other day'
'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

recently past

Example Sentences:
'the other evening'

3. early, former, other

belonging to the distant past

Example Sentences:
'the early inhabitants of Europe'
'former generations'
'in other times'

4. other

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

Example Sentences:
'a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Other

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determiner
1.  the other
2. 
(a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood)
he found some other house
no other man but you
other days were happier
3. 
additional; further
there are no other possibilities
4. (preceded by every)
alternate; two
it buzzes every other minute
5.  other than
6.  no other
7.  or other
8.  other things being equal
9.  the other day
10.  the other thing
pronoun
11. 
another
show me one other
12. (plural)
additional or further ones
the police have found two and are looking for others
13. (plural)
other people or things
14.  the others
15. (plural)
different ones (from those specified or understood)
they'd rather have others, not these
See also each other, one another
adverb
16. (usually used with a negative and foll by than)
otherwise; differently
they couldn't behave other than they do

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Other

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adjective
1. 
being the remaining one or ones of two or more
Bill and the other boys
2. 
different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied
use your other foot, not Jane but some other girl
3. 
different in nature or kind
it is other than you think
4. 
further or additional
to have no other coat
5. 
former
the customs of other times
pronoun
6. 
the other one
each loved the other
7. 
another or some other person or thing
to do as others do
noun
8. 
the opposite
hate is the other of love
adverb
9. 
otherwise; differently
he can't do other than go

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Other

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adj.
1.
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.
2. Different from that or those implied or specified: Any other person would tell the truth.
3. Of a different character or quality: "a strange, other dimension ... where his powers seemed to fail" (Lance Morrow).
4. Of a different time or era either future or past: other centuries; other generations.
5. Additional; extra: I have no other shoes.
6. Opposite or contrary; reverse: the other side.
7. Alternate; second: every other day.
8. Of the recent past: just the other day.
n.
1.
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.
2.
a. A different person or thing: one hurricane after the other.
b. An additional person or thing: How many others will come later?
c. often Other A person or thing considered to represent or epitomize difference or an outgroup. Used with the.
pron.
1. A different or an additional person or thing: We'll get someone or other to replace him.
2. others People aside from oneself: "the eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages" (Virginia Woolf).
adv.
In another way; otherwise; differently: The car performed other than perfectly.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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