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Other has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Det

Definitions
Noun
1

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

"If you have finished your coffee, would you like another?"

In plain English: Other is another person or thing that isn't you or the main subject being talked about.

"We invited all our friends, including my other for this special party."

Verb
1

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

"The colonizers refused to acknowledge any shared humanity, choosing instead to dehumanize indigenous people by treating them as a completely separate and inferior other."

In plain English: To other someone means to treat them as less important than yourself by putting your own needs first.

"The judge ordered him to give up his other assets before sentencing."

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"

"any other person would tell the truth"

"his other books are still in storage"

"then we looked at the other house"

"hearing was good in his other ear"

"the other sex"

"she lived on the other side of the street from me"

"went in the other direction"

2

recently past

"the other evening"

3

belonging to the distant past

"the early inhabitants of Europe"

"former generations"

"in other times"

4

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

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

5

See other (determiner) below.

"The other students finished their exams before lunchtime."

In plain English: Other means different from what has already been mentioned or expected.

Adverb
1

Apart from; in the phrase "other than".

"There is nothing other than silence filling the room."

In plain English: Other means doing something different from what was just said or done.

"I'll think about other things while you finish your work."

Det
1

Not the one or ones previously referred to.

"The teacher asked the other students to raise their hands, excluding those who had already answered correctly."

Example Sentences
"I'll think about other things while you finish your work." adv
"We invited all our friends, including my other for this special party." noun
"The judge ordered him to give up his other assets before sentencing." verb
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Origin

The word "other" comes from Old English ōþer, which originally meant "other" or "second." This term traces its roots back to the Proto-Indo-European language.

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