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.

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

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’. …

2. (a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood): he found some other house; no other man but you; other days were happier. 3. additional; further: there are …

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 …

(a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood): they found some other house, no other person but you, other days were happier additional; further: there are no …

OTHER meaning: 1 : used to refer to the one person or thing that remains or that has not been mentioned; 2 : used to refer to all the members of a group except the person or thing that has …

Definition of other adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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 …

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.