other (EN)

determiner, adjective, noun

determiner “other”

1. not the one already mentioned
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   Can you pass me the other plate, please?
2. different (than those already mentioned)
   I bought a few bottles of beer, but I think we need to buy some other drinks for the party as well.
3. (used with a plural noun) the rest of (the remaining people or things in the given group)
   I ate one cookie, and my friend ate all the other cookies.

adjective “other”

1. alternate in a sequence
   On every other day, I go for a morning run.
2. not familiar or like what is known
   The customs of the tribe were completely other to what the explorers had known.

noun “other”

1. the remaining one of two
   You take this cookie, and I'll have the other.