Like many English words, other possesses great flexibility in meaning and function. Over the past few centuries, it has served as an adjective, an adverb, a noun, and a pronoun.

When we use the indefinite article an before other, we write it as one word: another. Another means ‘one more’ or ‘an additional or extra’, or ‘an alternative or different’. …

Other definition: additional or further.. See examples of OTHER used in a sentence.

Use the adjective other to distinguish something as being different or distinct. You might ask your friend if she's coming to the movies with you, or if she has other plans. If you don't get the first …

1. A different or an additional person or thing: We'll get someone or other to replace him. 2. others People aside from oneself: "the eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages" (Virginia …

Definition of other adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. used to refer to people or things that are additional or different to people or things that have been mentioned …

You use other to refer to an additional thing or person of the same type as one that has been mentioned or is known about. They were just like any other young couple. The communique …

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word other. 1. Not the same; not this; different. Of good actions some are …

What does the word other mean? There are 38 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word other, 13 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation …

Different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied. Use your other foot, not Jane but some other girl.