Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To regard, label, or treat as an “other”, as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.

  2. (transitive)To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.

Examples

13649 sentences
  1. Let's make it some other time.

    Зробімо це якось наступного разу.

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  2. Don't be too dependent on others.

    Не треба занадто залежати від інших.

    ruНе надо слишком зависеть от других.

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  3. We enjoyed talking with each other.

    Нам сподобалося спілкуватися.

    ruНам нравилось разговаривать друг с другом.

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  4. We need to help each other.

    Ми повинні допомогти одне одному.

    ruНам нужно помогать друг другу.

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  5. I arrived ahead of the others.

    Я прийшов раніше за інших.

    deIch bin vor den anderen angekommen.

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Origin

From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West German

From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”).

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Forms

others, othering, othered, othered
Base formother · to other
3rd person singularothers
Present participleothering
Past simpleothered
Past participleothered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyother
he, she, itothers

Past simpleLesson

all personsothered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave othered
he, she, ithas othered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill other

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • each other
  • to each other
  • know each other
  • with each other
  • at each other
  • the other day
  • see each other
  • the other side
  • other side of
  • like each other
  • each other in
  • any other

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
other — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto