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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Other \Oth"er\ ([u^][th]"[~e]r), adv.
     Otherwise. ``It shall none other be.'' --Chaucer. ``If you
     think other.'' --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Other \Oth"er\ ([u^][th]"[~e]r), conj. [See Or.]
     Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as
     either . . . or are now used). [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Other of chalk, other of glass.          --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Other \Oth"er\, pron. & a. [AS. [=o][eth]er; akin to OS.
     [=a][eth]ar, [=o][eth]ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel.
     annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an[thorn]ar, Skr.
     antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya
     other. [root]180. Cf. Alter.]
  
     Usage: [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
            [1913 Webster]
     1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been
        specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
        of two.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Each of them made other for to win.   --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
              to him the other also.                --Matt. v. 39.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side
        of a river.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every;
        as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every
        second day.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A distaff in her other hand she had.  --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun,
           often in contrast with one, some, that, this,
           etc.
  
                 The one shall be taken, and the other left.
                                                    --Matt. xxiv.
                                                    41.
  
                 And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell
                 into good ground.                  --Matt. xiii.
                                                    7, 8.
           It is also used, by ellipsis, with a noun, expressed or
           understood.
  
                 To write this, or to design the other. --Dryden.
           It is written with the indefinite article as one word,
           another; is used with each, indicating a reciprocal
           action or relation; and is employed absolutely, or
           eliptically for other thing, or other person, in which
           case it may have a plural.
  
                 The fool and the brutish person perish, and leave
                 their wealth to others.            --Ps. xlix.
                                                    10.
  
                 If he is trimming, others are true. --Thackeray.
           Other is sometimes followed by but, beside, or besides;
           but oftener by than.
  
                 No other but such a one as he.     --Coleridge.
  
                 Other lords beside thee have had dominion over
                 us.                                --Is. xxvi.
                                                    13.
  
                 For other foundation can no man lay than that is
                 laid.                              --1 Cor. iii.
                                                    11.
  
                 The whole seven years of . . . ignominy had been
                 little other than a preparation for this very
                 hour.                              --Hawthorne.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Other some, some others. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
     The other day, at a certain time past, not distant, but
        indefinite; not long ago; recently; rarely, the third day
        past.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Bind my hair up: as 't was yesterday?
              No, nor t' other day.                 --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Other \Oth"er\, adv.
     Otherwise. ``It shall none other be.'' --Chaucer. ``If you
     think other.'' --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Other \Oth"er\ ([u^][th]"[~e]r), conj. [See Or.]
     Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as
     either . . . or are now used). [Obs.]
  
           Other of chalk, other of glass.          --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Other \Oth"er\, pron. & a. [AS. [=o][eth]er; akin to OS.
     [=a][eth]ar, [=o][eth]ar, D. & G. ander, OHG. andar, Icel.
     annarr, Sw. annan, Dan. anden, Goth. an[thorn]ar, Skr.
     antara: cf. L. alter; all orig. comparatives: cf. Skr. anya
     other. [root]180. Cf. Alter.]
  
     Usage: [Formerly other was used both as singular and plural.]
     1. Different from that which, or the one who, has been
        specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second
        of two.
  
              Each of them made other for to win.   --Chaucer.
  
              Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn
              to him the other also.                --Matt. v. 39.
  
     2. Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side
        of a river.
  
     3. Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every;
        as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every
        second day.
  
     4. Left, as opposed to right. [Obs.]
  
              A distaff in her other hand she had.  --Spenser.
  
     Note: Other is a correlative adjective, or adjective pronoun,
           often in contrast with one, some, that, this, etc.
  
                 The one shall be taken, and the other left.
                                                    --Matt. xxiv.
                                                    41.
  
                 And some fell among thorns . . . but other fell
                 into good ground.                  --Matt. xiii.
                                                    7, 8.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  other
       adj 1: not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied;
              "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "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" [ant: same]
       2: further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need
          extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other
          shoes"; "there are other possibilities" [syn: extra, other(a),
           additional]
       3: recently past; "the other evening" [syn: other(a)]
       4: of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe";
          "former generations"; "in other times" [syn: early(a), former(a),
           other(a)]
       5: very unusual; different in character or quality from the
          normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where
          his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     Αγγλικά pron.
     άλλος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     Middle English a.
     (l en other)
     Middle English adv.
     otherwise
     Middle English conj.
     or; (synonym of enm or nocap=1)
     Middle English pron.
     (l en other)
     Old Frisian a.
     1 (l en other)
     2 (l en second)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     a.
     1 See #Determiner.
     2 second.
     3 alien.
     4 different.
     5 (lb en obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
     adv.
     (lb en obsolete) otherwise.
     det.
     Not the one or ones previously referred to.
     n.
     1 An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as
  ''another''.
     2 The other one; the second of two.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To regard, label(,) or treat as an
  "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different
  and alien.
     2 (lb en transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate;
  ostracise.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     Middle English a.
     (l en other)
     Middle English adv.
     otherwise
     Middle English conj.
     or; (synonym of enm or nocap=1)
     Middle English pron.
     (l en other)
     Old Frisian a.
     1 (l en other)
     2 (l en second)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     Middle English a.
     (l en other)
     Middle English adv.
     otherwise
     Middle English conj.
     or; (synonym of enm or nocap=1)
     Middle English pron.
     (l en other)
     Old Frisian a.
     1 (l en other)
     2 (l en second)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     Englanti pron.
     (indpron: k=en) muu, toinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  other
     Engelska pron.
     andra#Svenska

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  other /ˈʌðə/
  ander

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  other /ˈʌðə/
  behalwe

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Other /ˈʌðə/
  آخر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  other //ʊðə// //ˈɐðə// //ˈʌðə// //ˈʌðɚ// /[ˈäðə]/ /[ˈɐðə]/ 
  друг
  not the one previously referred to