other

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈʌðə/]

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1. other (adj) — sense 1

Definition: See other (determiner) below.

Example: Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.

2. other (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Second.

Example: I get paid every other week.

3. other (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Alien.

Example: In Matthew's account, the law remains intact, as does virtually everything except that critical belief in Jesus as the Messiah (obviously no small thing), and this is not enough to make Matthew completely other from its Jewish origins.

4. other (noun) — sense 1

Definition: An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.

Example: I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.

5. other (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The other one; the second of two.

Example: One boat is not better than the other.

6. other (det) — sense 1

Definition: Not the one or ones previously referred to.

Example: Earning less than $2,000 a month, I have no other source of income except for gifts from relatives.

7. other (adv) — sense 1

Definition: Otherwise.

Example: I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at state; if you think other, Remove your thought;

8. other (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To regard, label, or treat as an “other”, as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.

Example: "Rican" is code for its homonym, "redskin," through which they othered this non-Mexican ethnic group.

9. other (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

Example: In this scenario, the young lady who had spoken had been othered by her peers and her response to my question had been dismissed as invalid despite the fact that she was alright.

No relations.

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