Other
['ʌðə] or ['ʌðɚ]
Definition
(adj.) very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; 'a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail'- Lance Morrow .
(adj.) not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; 'today isn't any other day'- the White Queen; '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' .
(adj.) recently past; 'the other evening' .
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Definition
(conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
(pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
(pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
(pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
(pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right.
(adv.) Otherwise.
Checker: Mimi
Definition
adj. and pron. different not the same: additional: second of two.—adj. Oth′erguess=Othergates.—n. Oth′erness.—advs. Oth′erwhere elsewhere; Oth′erwhile Oth′erwhiles at other times: sometimes; Oth′erwise in another way or manner: by other causes: in other respects.—conj. else: under other conditions.—Every other each alternate; Rather ... than otherwise rather than not; The other day on some day not long past quite recently.
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Examples
- Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- They have a kind of hard flints, which, by grinding against other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges, axes, and hammers. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- You will have my sketches, some time or other, to look ator my tour to reador my poem. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In all other respects Fosco, on that memorable day, was Fosco shrouded in total eclipse. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The two other were open boats of half that tonnage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Traders and other undertakers may, no doubt with great propriety, carry on a very considerable part of their projects with borrowed money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I put the other bottle from under the bed in there too, she said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set--the finding of other white men like himself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Being merely sheltered by others would not promote growth. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There are many others that have to be considered with it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But why should I not bear it as others have borne it before me! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When others uttered it she changed countenance--I know she did. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There were lines upon his forehead, but Time seemed to have touched him gently, remembering how kind he was to others. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The board on the fore part is lower than the others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was one of those rare men who are rigid to themselves and indulgent to others. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But, much too soon, we heard the others laughing and talking, and calling 'where's Dora? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Its completion depended on others. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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