- being the remaining one or ones of two or more: Bill and the other boys
- different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied: use your other foot, not Jane but some other girl
- different in nature or kind: it is other than you think
- further or additional: to have no other coat
- former: the customs of other times
Origin of other
Middle English from OE, akin to German ander, Gothic anthar from Indo-European an unverified form anteros, the other of two ( from base an unverified form an, there + comparative suffix) from source Sanskrit ántara-- the other one: each loved the other
- another or some other person or thing: to do as others do
the opposite: hate is the other of love
otherwise; differently: he can't do other than go
other Idioms
of all others
above all others
the Other
[alsothe o-] a person, group, or entity perceived as being the opposite of or alien to oneself or one's group
the other day (or night, afternoon, etc.)
on a recent day (or night, afternoon, etc.)
somehow or other
some unspecified or unknown way (or place, time, thing, etc.): somehow or other, we'll raise the money
