other
determiner
a when used before a singular noun, usually preceded by: the the remaining (one or ones in a group of which one or some have been specified)
I'll read the other sections of the paper later
b ♦
the other (as pronoun; functioning as sing)
one walks while the other rides
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
a apart from; besides
a lady other than his wife
b different from
he couldn't be other than what he is (Archaic form)
other from
6 ♦
no other
Archaic nothing else
I can do no other
7 ♦
or other preceded by a phrase or word with: some used to add vagueness to the preceding pronoun, noun, noun phrase, or adverb
some dog or other bit him, he's somewhere or other
8 ♦
other things being equal conditions being the same or unchanged
9 ♦
the other day, night, etc. a few days, nights, etc., ago
10 ♦
the other thing an unexpressed alternative
pron
11 another
show me one other
12 pl additional or further ones
the police have found two and are looking for others
13 pl other people or things
14 ♦
the others the remaining ones (of a group)
take these and leave the others
15 pl different ones (from those specified or understood)
they'd rather have others, not these See also →
each other →
one another
adv
16 usually used with a negative and foll by: than otherwise; differently they couldn't behave other than they do (Old English other; related to Old Saxon athar, othar, Old High German andar) See at otherwise
A.N. Other
n (Brit) an unnamed person: used in team lists, etc., to indicate a place that remains to be filled
each other
pron used when the action, attribution, etc., is reciprocal
furious with each other
Each other and one another are interchangeable in modern British usage
generalized other
n (Psychol) an individual's concept of other people
other-directed
adj guided by values derived from external influences
Compare →
inner-directed
other ranks
pl n rarely used in sing (Chiefly Brit) (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
other world
n the spirit world or afterlife
significant other
n (U.S.)
informal a spouse or lover
through-other
adj (Scot)
2 mixed up; in disorder
(a literal translation of Irish Gaelic trí n-a chéile through each other, hence, mixed up with each other)