others
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
other/ˈʌðə(r)/
▶adjective & pronoun
- 1 used to refer to a person or thing that is different from one already mentioned or known.
■ alternative of two.
■ those not already mentioned.
- 2 additional.
- 3 (the other) Brit. informal sexual intercourse.
- 4 (usu. the Other) Philosophy & Sociology that which is distinct from, different from, or opposite to something or oneself.
– phrases
no other archaic nothing else.
the other day (or night, week, etc.) a few days (or nights, weeks, etc.) ago.
one's other half Brit. informal one's wife, husband, or partner.
the other place Brit. humorous
no other archaic nothing else.
the other day (or night, week, etc.) a few days (or nights, weeks, etc.) ago.
one's other half Brit. informal one's wife, husband, or partner.
the other place Brit. humorous
- 1 hell, as opposed to heaven.
- 2 Oxford University as regarded by Cambridge, and vice versa.
- 3 the House of Lords as regarded by the House of Commons, and vice versa.
– origin OE ōther, of Gmc origin.
'others' also found in these Oxford entries:
acknowledgement
- agent provocateur
- ahimsa
- along
- altruism
- anaclitic
- antipope
- antisocial
- apple
- arrears
- article
- artifice
- asocial
- assert
- attentive
- authority
- autism
- autocorrelation
- baton
- bead
- beg
- big
- bigot
- bite
- blame game
- blend
- blind man's buff
- bludge
- boat
- bring-and-buy sale
- broker
- broking
- carouse
- carrier
- carry
- cascade
- charitable
- charity
- charm
- charm offensive
- clannish
- class
- clique
- clone
- closed
- club
- co-
- cock
- code
- co-host

