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otheroth‧er /ˈʌðə $ ˈʌðər/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, adjective, pronoun Entry menu
MENU FOR otherother1 the second of two2 the rest3 additional4 different5 opposite6 other than7 none other than somebody8 the other way around/round9 the other day/morning/week etc10 something/someone/somewhere etc or other11 in other words12 the other woman
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINother
Origin:
Old English
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen something is of the same type, but not the same one
one more of the same kind of thing or person: · Louise has a house in New York, and another in Florida.· The blue suitcase is broken. Have we got another I could use?· creatures from another planetanother one: · I decided I didn't like the dress after all, so I changed it for another one.
different ones from the ones that you already have, or that you have already mentioned: · I'm afraid we don't have these jeans in any other sizes.· Of course, my train was late, but the others seemed to be on time.· Maria's blond, but all my other children have dark hair.
use this about several people or things of the same general type, when you are comparing them with each other and noticing the differences between them: · Let's compare the prices of five different detergents.· a drug that affects different people in different ways
use this about something or someone that replaces the one that was there before: · Have you met Keith's new girlfriend?· She's really enjoying her new job.
use this after a noun to talk about another thing, place, or person instead of this one: · Go and play somewhere else. I'm trying to work.· Andrea's obsessed with money -- she never thinks about anything else.· Jamie's special. There's really no one else like him.
also alternate American an alternative plan, arrangement, or system can be used instead of the usual or main one: · For vegetarian guests there is an alternative menu.· The bridge is closed so we advise you to use an alternate route.· Do you have any alternative suggestions to make?
something that is done in a way that is different from the way it is usually done: variation on: · This recipe makes an interesting variation on the traditional Christmas cake.a variation on the theme of something: · The new movie is a variation on the theme of the original 'Blue Lagoon'.variation in: · There are at least ten styles of Apple Mac computers, and countless variations in those models.
something that is slightly different from the usual form of something or has developed from it: · The English and Americans often spell words differently, but both variants are acceptable.· The name Lloyd and its variant Floyd are Celtic in origin.variant of: · There is evidence that a new variant of the disease has recently been found in Britain.
not including someone or something
not including the person or thing that you mention. At the beginning of a sentence, always use except for , not just except: · Everyone's going except Donald.· The house was silent except for a clock chiming in the living room.· Except for a small part in an obscure movie years ago, Depardieu had never before acted in an English-language picture.
use this when you have made a statement that is true, but then you want to introduce a fact that does not match what you have said: except (that): · Celia looks just like her sister, except that her sister has shorter hair.· It's similar to Paris, except the people look a lot poorer.except do something (=that is the only thing it cannot do): · a computer that can do everything except talk
also aside from American use this when you mention one or two things that do not fit the main thing that you are saying: · This is an excellent piece of work, apart from a couple of spelling mistakes.· Aside from its mineral resources, Mongolia's major assets are its 25.5 million livestock.apart from doing something: · Apart from going swimming occasionally, I don't get much exercise.
use this especially after the words any, none, nothing, all, anyone, or everyone to show that you mean everything except the thing, person etc you are mentioning: · I can come and see you any day but Tuesday.· There was nothing left but a few dried up sandwiches.· Anyone but Tommy would have realized I was trying to apologize.
use this in a negative sentence to show that the thing, person etc that you mention is the only person or thing that is not included in your statement: · Other than at football matches, people sing less than they used to.other than to do something: · Sam refused to discuss the argument, other than to say that Diane had called him 'gutless'.other than that: · You should get a little stiffness, but other than that, there should be no side effects.
formal not including one thing, person, or group - use this when saying something about the whole of a group: · The whole school, with the exception of the youngest class, had to attend the ceremony.with the possible exception of (=but possibly not that person or thing): · I think they should all pass the test, with the possible exception of Fauzi.
use this to introduce the only thing, person, or group about which your statement is not true: · I get hardly any mail, bar the occasional postcard from my mother.· He died with no possessions bar a small piece of land in Ireland.
use this to introduce the only thing that makes a description of something not completely true - used especially in writing: · There was complete silence but for the occasional sound of distant traffic.
seeming to be together for no particular reason
· You'll need enough money for food, transport, and other miscellaneous costs.· Their junk shop was full of chairs, trunks, ornaments, and other miscellaneous objects.· The seminar was attended by a miscellaneous collection of students, businessmen, and housewives.
: motley crew/bunch/assortment etc a group of people of very different kinds, especially people that you disapprove of: · The people who travelled with us to Mexico were a motley crew.· A motley bunch of students, ex-convicts and unemployed artists worked together to repair the building.
informal a group of people or things of very different kinds which do not seem to have much connection with each other: · Downtown is a mixed bag of upscale retailers and discount stores.· Today, healthcare depends on a mixed bag of medical professionals, charity workers, and patients' families.
also this, that, and the other thing American spoken say this about a variety of things that someone says or does: · We spent the evening chatting about this, that, and the other.· The casting agents always want me to prove that I can do this, that, and the other thing.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 One man was arrested, but the other one got away.
 I chose this coat in the end because the other ones were all too expensive.
 Have you any other questions?
 Can we discuss this some other time?
 There is no other job I would rather do.
 Saudi Arabia produces more oil than any other country.
 Some people are at greater risk than others.
 You can park on the other side of the street. He lives at the other end of the road. She drove off in the other direction.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Are there any other questions?
 This excuse was as good as any other.
· Her friend lives on the other side of the border.
 The witness statements contradict each other and the facts remain unclear.
(=a few days ago)· Mark called the other day.
· Jon and his girlfriend were sitting at the opposite end of the bar.
 At the other extreme is a country like Switzerland with almost no unemployment.
 Advertisements seem to go from one extreme to the other (=change from one extreme thing to something totally opposite).
· Half the patients were given the drug and the other half were given a sugar pill.
 The two musicians played off each other in a piece of inspired improvisation.
(also for some unknown reason) (=for a reason that you do not know)· For some reason she felt like crying.· For some unknown reason, the curtains were always drawn.
· On the other side of the river are some low hills.
 Just give him some excuse or other.
 Maybe we could glue it together somehow or other.
· What other sorts of books do you like?
 There are at least twenty restaurants vying with each other for custom.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • It may also be more accurate to say that the user responds to the system rather than the other way around.
  • It only works the other way round.
  • Language, I have learned, by writing about this, gives birth to feeling, not the other way around.
  • Only it should really have been the other way around, when you get right down to it.
  • Right now, that is the other way around.
  • The question is better put the other way around: will Californians pay much attention to the politicians?
  • What is more, in Britain in the 1980s it was the other way round.
  • Another feller came the other day to get some, too.
  • C., your man Stafford called the other day.
  • He won on his seasonal debut at Chepstow last month and wasn't at all disgraced when third at Ascot the other day.
  • I caught Cam looking at me the other day.
  • I had a letter from Benedicta the other day.
  • I just saw one the other day, buying cheese.
  • Isn't the sea calmer than the other day?
  • Yeah, she did that the other day in the car.
  • Almost all our citizens are indicted for something or other.
  • Calls himself Jack something or other.
  • He did it not because he liked people that night but to make a moral point about something or other.
  • Iris is off somewhere or other for the next few days.
  • It was decided by someone or other that we would stay out at Lima with the grunts.
  • Later on, we were on another job, looking after a defence minister from somewhere or other.
  • Nineteen fifty something or other convertible.
  • Somebody else got a chocolate something or other.
  • "Well, Randy's not quite ready to make a decision yet." "So, in other words, we have to wait, right?"
  • He prides himself on his powers of persuasion -- or, in other words, his salesmanship.
  • The books and materials are kept on closed access, in other words available only to the library staff.
  • The tax only affects people on incomes over $200,000 - in other words, the very rich.
  • This is supposed to be a democracy - in other words, one person one vote.
  • What we need is a more sustainable transport system, in other words, more buses and trains, and fewer cars.
  • An entrepreneur, in other words, uses resources in new ways to maximize productivity and effectiveness.
  • At the beginning of the twentieth century, in other words, the hour of reform had not yet struck.
  • It insists, in other words, that they must treat as law what conventions stipulates is law.
  • Not a literary artist, in other words.
  • Their utilitarian contribution to our welfare should not, in other words, be our criterion as to whether they survive or not.
  • They signify, in other words, that everything is gift.
  • What the king did, in other words, was to use the assembly to defuse trouble in the provinces.
  • Why, in other words, should we want to get true beliefs rather than false ones?
  • I couldn't believe it when the other woman turned out to be my next-door neighbor.
  • Carrie's only problem was the other woman who worked in the dining rooms.
  • Eva was more lucid than most of the other women, yet she never got out of the locked ward.
  • Her hair was fair, so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently, Elizabeth Lavenza.
  • Hilda returned to her seat next to Omite, while the other women seemed to form a circle that excluded her.
  • Lakshmiamma, a lace-maker in Narsapur, gave a talk to the other women recently.
  • She cries a little when one of the other women stops to talk.
  • She resolved to find out about the other woman.
  • The father never guessed any of the other women in the room.
  • Other than at football matches, people sing less than they used to.
  • He doesn't eat out at all, other than at Burger King.
  • Sam refused to discuss the argument, other than to say that Diane had called him 'gutless'.
  • The music was a little loud, but other than that it was a great concert.
  • You should get a little stiffness, but other than that, there should be no side effects.
  • For brain functions other than language, most of what we know comes from studies of the brains of other animals.
  • He insists the designs have no grand meaning, other than that they appealed to his eye.
  • It was the greatest honor, other than getting accepted in heaven.
  • Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
  • No known clockmaker, other than self-taught Harrison himself, lived or worked anywhere around north Lincolnshire in the early eighteenth century.
  • That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
  • There was no reason for this other than a certain unwillingness to emerge from our bond trading shell.
  • You can also create mailboxes other than the simple in and out trays and mark them in however you want.
  • Another of McGrath's novels, Asylum, is being adapted for the screen by none other than Stephen King.
  • Faithless is the result of a close collaboration between Ullmann and her scriptwriter, who is none other than Ingmar Bergman.
  • It includes an early set of variations by none other than Ludwig van Beethoven, the program's one big name.
  • Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
  • Out of this union Persephone bears none other than Dionysos.
  • Sources say Gumbel was summoned there by none other than the potentate of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates.
  • That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
  • Why, look, gentlemen, it is none other than our young Pascal.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► one after another/one after the other
  • But that study was highly criticized for poor mammograms, among other things.
  • I'd like him to look specifically at Personnel's computing problems among other things. 3.
  • It was noticeable, among other things, that she was drinking faster than anybody else.
  • Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.
  • That could mean, among other things, grouping inmates by race in counseling.
  • That meant, among other things, keeping them from making any deal that gave real estate to the Vietminh.
  • The industrial revolution, among other things, necessarily produced general literacy.
  • You have to give Cronenberg credit for nerve, among other things.
► the boot is on the other foot
  • It's hard to turn the other cheek when someone insults you.
  • Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.
  • Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek.
  • No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.
  • Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek.
► the other/opposite side of the coin
  • It goes in one ear and out the other.
  • All other things being equal, schools where parents are highly involved are more likely to run effectively.
  • Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
  • But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
  • But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
  • It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
  • Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
  • The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
  • As in the case of every other issue that could have been used against him, Clinton co-opted it.
  • At least every other day, even through the winter, something more must be done to keep the garden in good shape.
  • Bait should be introduced as often as possible, at least every other day, but every day is much more effective.
  • Buildings are casualties of this kind every other month.
  • I looked after Jessica and visited him every other day.
  • Not enough money to share among the special learners who have an equal right to education with every other child?
  • Task analysis, in common with every other perceptual process, is a matter of setting up mechanisms for categorisation and filtering.
  • Trash is collected every other day.
  • I can't deal with this now - I've got other fish to fry.
► the grass is greener (on the other side)► your better half/other half
  • High-ranking public officials should take the bus so they can see how the other half lives.
  • Ye never knew how the other half lives!
  • Nuclear power is relatively cheap. On the other hand, you could argue that it's not safe.
  • The hamburger was tough and overcooked. The fries, on the other hand, were terrific, and well worth the money.
  • You want to help your kids as much as you can, but on the other hand, you've got to be careful to help them learn on their own.
  • Clinton on the other hand lacks the courage of his cynicism.
  • Clinton, on the other hand, understands what Kathie Lee is going through.
  • Lind, on the other hand, is a victim of the great urge to simplify.
  • Ray, on the other hand, is more of a traditionalist.
  • Rickenbacker's whole philosophy, on the other hand, is based upon never making guitars anywhere other than under their own roof.
  • Salads on the other hand, are simple, satisfying and sizable.
  • The Macintosh, on the other hand, uses the Motorola 68000 and was designed as a closed architecture.
  • Your computer, on the other hand, is a digital device.
► somebody will be laughing on the other side of their face
  • Politicians have looked the other way while children go hungry.
  • He tactfully looked the other way and did not pause in his stride.
  • Mud pools wait until you are looking the other way before plopping discreetly.
  • Our safe places were attacked by hooligans, and the authorities looked the other way.
  • Running out of time, minding its own business, looking the other way.
  • The troops, acting on orders, looked the other way.
  • Turn a deaf ear, look the other way.
  • Up stepped Purse, who had only just taken over the penalty duties, as 32,000 Brummies looked the other way.
  • With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way.
  • Sam and Ellie are made for each other. I just can't think of either of them with anyone else.
  • Television and the Muppets were made for each other.
  • When they met in Paris last fall, they fell immediately in love and knew they were made for each other.
  • A year ago, these same pundits were saying that private investors and the internet were made for each other.
  • And everyone uses the E-word: Enya and ethereal were made for each other.
  • People and snakes, it would seem, were made for each other.
  • When they met in Paris last fall, they knew they were made for each other.
  • You and Debbie were made for each other.
► be neither one thing nor the other
  • Another of McGrath's novels, Asylum, is being adapted for the screen by none other than Stephen King.
  • Faithless is the result of a close collaboration between Ullmann and her scriptwriter, who is none other than Ingmar Bergman.
  • It includes an early set of variations by none other than Ludwig van Beethoven, the program's one big name.
  • Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
  • Out of this union Persephone bears none other than Dionysos.
  • Sources say Gumbel was summoned there by none other than the potentate of Microsoft himself, Bill Gates.
  • That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
  • Why, look, gentlemen, it is none other than our young Pascal.
► one after another/one after the other► be/live in each other’s pockets► pull the other one (it’s got bells on)► more ... than the rest/the others/everything else put together► criticize/nag/hassle somebody up one side and down the other► it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other
  • And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
  • But the consumer could benefit still further.
  • Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
  • His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
  • I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
  • Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
  • The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
  • With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
  • For brain functions other than language, most of what we know comes from studies of the brains of other animals.
  • He insists the designs have no grand meaning, other than that they appealed to his eye.
  • It was the greatest honor, other than getting accepted in heaven.
  • Its components are none other than the economic, political, military, royal, and bureaucratic branches of the social order.
  • No known clockmaker, other than self-taught Harrison himself, lived or worked anywhere around north Lincolnshire in the early eighteenth century.
  • That haunted offspring turns out to be none other than large Lawrence, in this raucous spoof of trash television.
  • There was no reason for this other than a certain unwillingness to emerge from our bond trading shell.
  • You can also create mailboxes other than the simple in and out trays and mark them in however you want.
  • Among other things, Bradley talked about his days as a senator.
  • At the meeting they discussed, among other things, recent events in Eastern Europe.
  • Businesses were allowed to pay in equipment and acquired, among other things, a few computers.
  • It results from, among other things, voluntary acts of charity, which government more and more supersedes.
  • It was called oratory, and dealt with, among other things, logic and the art of persuasion...
  • Many nurses were aware of this but feared, among other things, a possible ischaemic element.
  • New scientific techniques introduced among other things reliable means of dating the prehistoric past.
  • Or pressure groups like the Baby Milk Action Group which, among other things, campaigns against women being pressurised into bottle-feeding.
  • Sniping by the president's men has, among other things, forced the foreign minister to resign.
  • They will have to enter between three huge cans to see, among other things, more than 150 different tins.
  • Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.
  • But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.
  • But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.
  • It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.
  • Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.
  • The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.
► this, that, and the other
  • Congress and the President have been at each other's throats for so long that it's a wonder they can agree on anything.
  • Lisa and Nicole were at each other's throats the whole trip.
  • Banana trees dropped their rotting fruit, which lay one on top of the other, dying in layers.
  • He taught Callie that when she added, she should stack the numbers one on top of the other.
  • Soon our hands are together, perhaps one on top of the other, pointing to the words.
  • The flour-dusted man with the two coats, one on top of the other, ran a grocery store.
  • There were books piled on three shelves, one on top of the other.
  • One way or another, Roberts will pay for what he's done.
  • As you grow older, some of those uncertainties - such as whether or not you are lovable - are settled one way or another.
  • But the fact is that the way we live our lives often assumes a belief about them, one way or another.
  • In one way or another, all these therapies seem to have an effect on the electrical balances of the body.
  • In one way or another, the representatives will be compared with the total client system.
  • In one way or another, whatever happened, instinct told him that they would both survive.
  • Many others were involved in small business issues one way or another.
  • My gut feeling is that one way or another Congress will pull through.
  • Then one way or another he would have to deal with Capshaw.
► another woman/the other woman
1the second of two used to refer to the second of two people or things, which is not the one you already have or the one you have already mentionedthe/your other I can’t find my other shoe. One man was arrested, but the other one got away. He kept shifting awkwardly from one foot to the other. She took it for granted that each knew who the other was.2the rest used to refer to all the people or things in a group apart from the one you have already mentioned or the one that is already known aboutthe/your other The other hotels are all full. She’s much brighter than all the other children in her class. I chose this coat in the end because the other ones were all too expensive.the/your others I can see Julie, but where have all the others gone?3additional used to refer to additional people or things of the same kind:  There are one or two other problems I’d like to discuss. I’ve got some other friends I’d like to invite. Have you any other questions?among others (=used when mentioning one or more examples) The guests included, among others, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson.4different used to refer to a different person or thing from the one you have already mentioned or the one that is already known about:  David and Jessica were playing with two other children. You’d better change into some other clothes. Do you envy other women who seem to manage their lives better? Can we discuss this some other time? There is no other job I would rather do. Saudi Arabia produces more oil than any other country. I hope you will learn to show more respect for others (=other people).some ... others Some people are at greater risk than others.5opposite used to refer to the thing that is opposite you, furthest from you, or moving away from youthe other side/end/direction etc You can park on the other side of the street. He lives at the other end of the road. She drove off in the other direction.6other than apart from a particular person or thing SYN  except:  The truth was known to no one other than herself. He doesn’t eat pork, but other than that he’ll eat just about anything.7none other than somebody used to emphasize that the person involved in something is famous, impressive, or surprising:  Johnson’s defence lawyer was none other than Joe Beltrami.8the other way around/round the opposite of what you have just mentioned:  I always thought that rugby was a rougher game than football, but in fact it’s the other way round. Students practise translating from French to English and the other way around.9the other day/morning/week etc used to say that something happened recently, without saying exactly when:  I saw Rufus the other day.10 something/someone/somewhere etc or other used when you are not being specific about which thing, person, place etc you mean:  It’ll be here somewhere or other. We’ll get the money somehow or other.11in other words used when you are expressing an idea or opinion again in a different and usually simpler way:  The tax only affects people on incomes of over $200,000 – in other words, the very rich. So he is a fraud, a common thief in other words.12the other woman used to refer to a woman with whom a man is having a sexual relationship, even though he already has a wife or partner:  He left his wife and child and moved in with the other woman. → another, each other, → every other at every(5), → on the one hand ... on the other hand at hand1(5)GRAMMAR: Comparisonother• You use other before a plural noun: · children from other countries ✗Don’t say: others countriesothers• Others is a plural pronoun meaning ‘other people or things’: · We try to help others.another• Another is written as one word: · There must be another way of doing it. ✗Don’t write: an other
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