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English adjective: other

1. other not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied


SamplesToday isn't any other day.
The construction of highways and other public works.
He asked for other employment.
Any other person would tell the truth.
His other books are still in storage.
Then we looked at the other house.
Hearing was good in his other ear.
The other sex.
She lived on the other side of the street from me.
Went in the other direction.


Similaranother, different, different, new, opposite, opposite, opposite, otherwise, some other


See alsoseparate


Attributedistinctness, otherness, separateness


Antonymssame

2. other recently past


SamplesThe other evening.


Similarpast


Antonymsfuture, present

3. other belonging to the distant past


SamplesThe early inhabitants of Europe.
Former generations.
In other times.


Synonymsearly, former


Similarpast


Antonymsfuture, present

4. other very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected


SamplesA strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail.


Similarstrange, unusual


Antonymsfamiliar









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