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1. Being the remaining one of two or more: the other ear.
2. Being the remaining ones of several: His other books are still in storage.
3. Different from that or those implied or specified: Any other person would tell the truth.
4. Of a different character or quality: "a strange, other dimension . . . where his powers seemed to fail” ( Lance Morrow).
5. Of a different time or era either future or past: other centuries; other generations.
6. Additional; extra: I have no other shoes.
7. Opposite or contrary; reverse: the other side.
8. Alternate; second: every other day.
9. Of the recent past: just the other day.
10. The remaining one of two or more: One took a taxi, and the other walked home.
11. The remaining ones of several: After her departure the others resumed the discussion.
12. A different person or thing: one hurricane after the other.
13. An additional person or thing: How many others will come later?
14. A different or an additional person or thing: We'll get someone or other to replace him.
15. People aside from oneself: "the eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages” ( Virginia Woolf).
16. In another way; otherwise; differently: The car performed other than perfectly.