other
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• adjective
Denoting a person or thing that is distinct from or additional to those already mentioned or implied.
"Are there any other questions before we conclude the meeting?"
Denoting the remaining one or ones of two or more; opposite or complementary.
"She held the umbrella in one hand and her briefcase in the other hand."
Alternative or different in nature, quality, or kind from what is expected or specified.
"We need to explore other methods for reducing energy consumption in the facility."
Designating a recent past time not precisely specified (used with words like day, night, or week).
"I ran into my former chemistry professor at the bookstore the other day."
• pronoun
The remaining one or ones of two or more people or things already mentioned or understood.
"One twin chose to study medicine, while the other pursued a career in architecture."
An additional or different person or thing, or people in general apart from oneself (usually in the plural 'others').
"Good leaders always consider how their decisions will affect others."
• adverb
In a different way; otherwise, or apart from (used chiefly with 'than').
"She could not react other than with genuine surprise at the announcement."
• noun
A person or group perceived as fundamentally different, alien, or excluded from one's own social identity or group (especially in sociology and philosophy, often capitalized as 'the Other').
"The seminar examined how colonial literature frequently portrayed indigenous populations as the mysterious other."
• verb
To view or treat a person or group of people as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself or the dominant social group.
"The historian analyzed how sensationalist newspapers othered immigrant communities during the nineteenth century."
Word Nuance & Usage
When modifying a singular countable noun, 'other' requires a preceding determiner (e.g., 'the other book', 'my other shoe'); when indefinite, it combines with the indefinite article to form the single word 'another'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'ōþer' ('second, other of two, additional'), derived from Proto-Germanic '*anþeraz', originally a comparative formation meaning 'which of two'. Until the borrowed French word 'second' replaced its ordinal sense in Middle English, 'other' served as the standard word for 'second'.