# other

Pronunciation: US say "U-thur" /ˈʌðɚ/; UK say "U-thuh" /ˈʌðə/

## Determiner

1. Not the one or ones already referred to; additional or different.
   - Simple: Not the one already mentioned, as in 'the other door'.
   - _Are there any other questions?_
   - _She lives on the other side of town._

## Noun

2. Another person or thing, more often 'others' ('does not play well with others'; 'some… others'); the singular is usually 'another'.
   - Simple: People or things apart from the ones mentioned, as in 'play well with others'.
   - _Besides Maria, only one other knew the password to the office safe._
   - _A few of the students finished early, while others were still working when the bell rang._
3. With 'the', the second of two, or the remaining one of a pair.
   - Simple: The second of two things, as in 'one or the other'.
   - _One twin is shy; the other never stops talking._
   - _Hold the rope in one hand and the bucket in the other._

## Adjective

4. Recent, pointing to a time a few days or so back, in phrases such as the other day, the other night, the other week, and the like.
   - Simple: Used in phrases like the other day or the other night to mean a few days ago.
   - _The other evening, a fox wandered right across our backyard._
   - _I ran into Ms. Patel at the gym the other week, and she asked about you._
5. Second, alternate, in 'every other' ('I get paid every other week' = every second week).
   - Simple: Every second one, as in 'every other week'.
   - _They water the plants every other day._
   - _Every other house on the street was empty._
6. In formal or purist use, different, usually followed by 'than'.
   - Simple: Different, in formal writing, as in 'wholly other'.
   - _Her reasons were other than she claimed._
   - _The building is now quite other than it was._
8. In formal use, alien or foreign to one's own kind.
   - Simple: Completely different and strange, in formal writing.
   - _The music sounded other, as if from a different world._
   - _Their customs were not so other as the travelers had feared._

## Verb

7. To treat or portray a person or group as different, alien, or outside one's own group, often shutting them out.
   - Simple: To treat someone as strange or not one of your own group, and often leave them out.
   - _Films often other the villain by giving him an accent._
   - _She felt othered by the way they spoke about her._

## Adverb

9. Otherwise, or in a different way or manner. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old use meaning 'otherwise', as in 'if you think other'.

## Adjective

10. Left rather than right, especially of the hand. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: An old word for 'left', as in 'her other hand'.

## Origin

Old English ōþer ("other, second") became Middle English other. It goes back to Proto-Germanic *anþeraz ("other, second") and, in the end, to Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros ("other"). Relatives include Dutch ander, German ander, and Gothic anþar, among many others. French autre and Spanish otro look similar but are false cognates.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/other (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).