other

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

others

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

other

past (v2)

othered

past participle (v3)

othered

present participle

othering

3rd person singular

others

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Second.

   • I get paid every other week.

2. 2.Alien.(formal)

   • I'm sure we'll see each other again.
   • She bought a new house the other day.
   • Are all of you friends with each other?

3. 3.Different.

   • I'm sure we'll see each other again.
   • She bought a new house the other day.
   • Are all of you friends with each other?

4. 4.See other (determiner) below.

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

Det

Determiner

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A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

1. 1.Not the one or ones previously referred to.

   • Earning less than $2,000 a month, I have no other source of income except for gifts from relatives.
   • “By the way,” Jessamy went on, “what’s your other name? You never told me.” “Stubbs,” said Billy, “William Stubbs!”.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

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

2. 2.The other one; the second of two.

   • One boat is not better than the other.
   • Why not tell one or other of your parents?
   • Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.

   • Others with admitted addictions are Othered and sadly, forever stigmatized.
   • "Rican" is code for its homonym, "redskin," through which they othered this non-Mexican ethnic group.
   • “You’re coming here and you’re expecting that everybody’s Black, so I’m going to be OK,” Ms. Davis said. “But then you get here and then you’re being ‘othered’”, viewed as different and separate.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Common

Literature

Uncommon

Antonyms

• same

Word family

• otherwise