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other

Pronunciation: /ˈʌðə/

The English word “other” has 11 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. See other (determiner) below.
  2. Second.
  3. Alien.
  4. Different.
  5. 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.

determiner

  1. Not the one or ones previously referred to.

adverb

  1. 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.

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 ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German…

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