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   /ˈʌðə/

   adjective

   • 1. denoting a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about: "stick the camera on a tripod or some other means of support"
   • ▪ denoting the second of a specified or implied group of two: "the other side of the street" Similar alternativedifferentdissimilardisparatedistinctseparatecontrastingunlikevariant
   • ▪ denoting those remaining in a group or those not already mentioned: "they took the other three away in an ambulance"
   • 2. further; additional: "one other word of advice" Similar morefurtheradditionalextraaddedsupplementarysupplemental

   pronoun

   • 1. a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about: "a language unrelated to any other"
   • ▪ the second one of two people or things: "she flung up first one arm and then the other"
   • ▪ the remaining ones; the rest: "Fred set off and the others followed"
   • 2. a further or additional person or thing of the type aleady mentioned: "he is the author of five books and collaborated on three others"
   • 3. used euphemistically to refer to sex: informal British "a bit of the other"
   • 4. that which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself: "she needs to escape the tyranny of the Other"

   verb

   • 1. view or treat (a person or group of people) as intrinsically different from and alien to oneself: "a critique of the ways in which the elderly are othered by society"

   Word Origin Old Englishōther, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German ander, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘different’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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