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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected
Example:
a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail
Classified under:
Similar:
strange; unusual (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird)
Derivation:
otherness (the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Belonging to the distant past
Example:
in other times
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Recently past
Example:
the other evening
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Adjectives
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
Example:
went in the other direction
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
different (distinctly separate from the first)
another; some other (any of various alternatives; some other)
different (distinct or separate)
new (other than the former one(s); different)
opposite (the other one of a complementary pair)
opposite (being directly across from each other; facing)
opposite (moving or facing away from each other)
otherwise (other than as supposed or expected)
Also:
separate (independent; not united or joint)
Attribute:
distinctness; otherness; separateness (the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known)
Antonym:
same (same in identity)
Context examples:
He was still tingling from this new experience when he came out upon the high-road and saw a sight which drove all other thoughts from his mind.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I had to sit with the girls during their hour of study; then it was my turn to read prayers; to see them to bed: afterwards I supped with the other teachers.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was in this way that the grey cub learned other attributes of his mother than the soft, soothing tongue.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The only other known parchment copy is housed in the National Archives in Washington.
(Parchment Copy of Declaration of Independence Found in Small British Town, VOA)
The building stage was led by six students, but a total 400 worked on the project, which involved other science activities as well.
(Satellite made by Brazilian junior high students launched in Japan, Agência Brasil)
“I think you might have warned me,” returned the other with a touch of sullenness.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Some people call it the stomach, but your abdomen contains many other important organs.
(Abdominal Pain, NIH)
A drug used to treat breast cancer that has come back or spread to other parts of the body.
(ABI-007, NCI Dictionary)
An indicator that a measurement is reported as absolute or relative to some other measurement.
(Absolute vs Relative Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
(Abiraterone acetate, NCI Dictionary)
