I. ˈəthə(r) adjective
Etymology: Middle English, adjective, noun, pron., & adverb, from Old English ōther, adjective, noun, & pron.; akin to Old High German andar other, Old Norse annarr, Gothic anthar, Sanskrit antara, Lithuanian antras
1.
a. : being the one (as of two or more) left : not being the one (as of two or more) first mentioned or of primary concern : remaining
carrying the load in one hand and holding on with the other
b. : being the ones distinct from the one or those first mentioned or understood — used with a plural noun
these cars being somewhat smaller than other European cars
c. : second — now chiefly used with every
every other day it rained
2.
a. : not the same : different
any other man would have done better
b. : different , distinct — used after the noun and with than
all parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition
3. : more , additional
thou shalt have no other gods before me — Exod 20:3 (Authorized Version)
— often used after the noun and with than
no clothes other than those he was wearing
4.
a. : recently past
the other evening
b. : former
in other times
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English
1.
a. : one that remains of two or more
one stayed and the other went away
after he left the others played cards
b. obsolete : second one
2. : a different one
each gust of wind came after the other with clocklike regularity
some businesses survived and others went into bankruptcy
3. : an additional one
some are successful and others are not
4. : something that exists as an opposite of or as excluded by something else
the nonego being the other of the ego
the objective world being the other of self-consciousness
III. pronoun, sometimes plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English
1. obsolete
a. : one of two that remains
priest and people interchangeably pray each for other — Anthony Sparrow
b. : each preceding one
2. obsolete : a different one
every one taketh before other his own supper — 1 Cor 11:21 (Authorized Version)
I have pleased some and displeased other — Robert Wilkinson
3. : an additional one
hardly a day passes in which we do not have some visitor or other — Jane Austen
other of the Protestant clergy — F.G.Lee
4. chiefly Scotland : one another
we know not other — oceans are between — Thomas Campbell
IV. adverb
Etymology: Middle English
: otherwise 1 — used with than
not being able to sell the product other than by reducing the price