other

(noun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, determiner)

adjective

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

- today isn't any other day

- the construction of highways and other public works

- he asked for other employment

Similar word(s): different, another, new, opposite, otherwise, separate

2. recently past

- the other evening

Similar word(s): past

3. belonging to the distant past

- in other times

Similar word(s): past, early, former

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

- a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail

Similar word(s): strange, unusual

Sentences with other as an adjective:

- I get paid every other week.

adverb

1. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".

- Other than that, I'm fine.

2. (obsolete) otherwise

- It shall none other be. — Chaucer.If you think other. — Shakespeare.

conjunction

1. (obsolete) Or.

determiner

1. Not the one or ones previously referred to.

- Other people would do it differently.

noun

1. An other one, more often rendered as another.

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

2. The other one; the second of two.

- One boat is not better than the other.

verb

1. (transitive) To make into an other.

2. (transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

3. (transitive) (ethnicity or race) To label as "other".