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Grep of noun other big brother blood brother bother brother den mother earth mother foremother foster-brother foster-mother godmother grandmother great grandmother great mother half-brother housemother little brother mother otherness otherworldliness pother queen mother significant other smoother smother soul brother stepbrother stepmother surrogate mother Overview of adj other The adj other has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (915) other -- (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction") 2. (136) extra, other additional -- (further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other shoes"; "there are other possibilities") 3. (13) other -- (recently past; "the other evening") 4. early, former, other -- (of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times") 5. other -- (very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow) Antonyms of adj other 5 senses of other Sense 1 other (vs. same) same (vs. other) => aforesaid(postnominal), aforementioned(postnominal), said(postnominal) => identical, one and the same(prenominal), selfsame(postnominal), very(postnominal) => self Sense 2 extra, other(postnominal), additional INDIRECT (VIA added) -> subtracted Sense 3 other(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 4 early(postnominal), former(postnominal), other(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA future, past) -> present INDIRECT (VIA past, present) -> future Sense 5 other INDIRECT (VIA strange) -> familiar Similarity of adj other 5 senses of other Sense 1 other (vs. same) => another(postnominal), different => another(postnominal), some other => different => else => new(postnominal) => opposite => opposite => other than => remaining => opposite Also See-> separate#1 Sense 2 extra, other(postnominal), additional => added (vs. subtracted) Sense 3 other(postnominal) => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 4 early(postnominal), former(postnominal), other(postnominal) => past (vs. present) (vs. future) Sense 5 other => strange (vs. familiar), unusual Attributes of adj other 1 of 5 senses of other Sense 1 other (vs. same) => otherness, distinctness, separateness Familiarity of adj other other used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj other another brother every other many another other other than otherworldly some other Overview of adj other The adj other has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (915) other -- (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; "today isn't any other day"- the White Queen; "the construction of highways and other public works"; "he asked for other employment"; "any other person would tell the truth"; "his other books are still in storage"; "then we looked at the other house"; "hearing was good in his other ear"; "the other sex"; "she lived on the other side of the street from me"; "went in the other direction") 2. (136) extra, other additional -- (further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other shoes"; "there are other possibilities") 3. (13) other -- (recently past; "the other evening") 4. early, former, other -- (of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times") 5. other -- (very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; "a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail"- Lance Morrow)
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