other

A1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words

Also spelled ither, otherth, t’other, and yuther

US /ˈʌðɚ/ UK /ˈʌðə/ See IPA manual

Freq #151

Meanings

1

adj
Not the same as the one already mentioned; different.

Do you have this shirt in any other colour?
2

det
Being the remaining one or ones of a set; not this one.

One twin lives here and the other lives in Spain.
3

noun
A different person or thing from the one mentioned.

He always thinks of others before himself.
4

adj
Every second one in a regular pattern.

I go to the gym every other day.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not the same as the one... different differing dissimilar unlike

4 adj · every second one in a... alternate

Opposites

same

Word family

Forms others

Derived forms deothernonotherother-sexother-sexualother-spaceother-worldlinessother-worldlyotherableotherdimensionalotherdomothererotherhearted

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Phrases (1)

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other side
the side across from or different from the one being considered

Adjective + noun

Idioms (10)

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other 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 anne…

other Middle English ōþer Old English *ą̄þar Proto-West Germanic *anþeraz Proto-Germanic *h₂énteros Proto-Indo-European

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# other

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj, det, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌðɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌðə/
**Frequency rank:** 151

## Meanings
1. Not the same as the one already mentioned; different.
2. Being the remaining one or ones of a set; not this one.
3. A different person or thing from the one mentioned.
4. Every second one in a regular pattern.

## Examples
- Do you have this shirt in any other colour?
- One twin lives here and the other lives in Spain.
- He always thinks of others before himself.
- I go to the gym every other day.

## Antonyms
- same

## Derived Forms
- deother
- nonother
- other-sex
- other-sexual
- other-space
- other-worldliness
- other-worldly
- otherable
- otherdimensional
- otherdom
- otherer
- otherhearted

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: other
- Root: ōþer
- Root: *ą̄þar
- Root: *anþeraz
- Root: *h₂énteros

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros Proto-Germanic *anþeraz Proto-West Germanic *anþar Old English ōþer Middle English other English other 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 anne…

## AI Etymology
Other comes 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”). Modern senses include not the same as the one already mentioned; different and being the remaining one or ones of a set; not this one. The wider word family includes derivatives such as deother, nonother, other-sex, other-sexual, other-space, and other-worldliness.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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