other

other
other [uth′ər]
adj.
[ME < OE, akin to Ger ander, Goth anthar < IE * anteros, the other of two (< base * an, there + compar. suffix) > Sans ántara-]
1. being the remaining one or ones of two or more [Bill and the other boys]
2. different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied [use your other foot, not Jane but some other girl]
3. different in nature or kind [it is other than you think]
4. further or additional [to have no other coat]
5. former [the customs of other times]
pron.
1. the other one [each loved the other]
2. another or some other person or thing [to do as others do]
n.
the opposite [hate is the other of love]
adv.
otherwise; differently [he can't do other than go]
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of all others
above all others
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the Other
[also t- o-] a person, group, or entity perceived as being the opposite of or completely separate from or alien to oneself or one's group
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the other day or the other night or the other afternoon
on a recent day (or night, afternoon, etc.)
otherness
n.

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