other

Meaning

Adj

1. See other (determiner) below.
2. Second.
3. Alien.
4. Different.
5. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.

Noun

1. An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
2. The other one; the second of two.

Det

Not the one or ones previously referred to.

Adv

Otherwise.

Verb

1. To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
2. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

Hyphenated as

oth‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʌðə/

Etymology

From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).
Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian üđer, ööder, ouder), Old Saxon ōthar (“other”), Old High German ander (“other”), Old Norse annarr, ǫðr-, aðr- (“other, second”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, "second"), Albanian ndërroj (“to change, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different”)
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates.

Sentences

They were similar to what other countries called medium tanks .

It usually contains a diary , calendar , address book , blank paper , and other sections .

Besides the meat-packing plants , other industries were added .

Scholars are divided on the purpose of this and other barays.

Henwood occasionally interviews on other radio and television programs .

Istanbul hosts more conferences than all Turkish other cities combined .

Many are released with other software , most notably Microsoft Office .

Other trades were brewing , dairy farming , and fruit-growing.