other
part of speech
adjective (other); pronoun (other, others); determiner (other)
meaning for a pupil
1) Other means a different one, not this one. tree →
2) «The other» or «the others» means the rest: «The other children» are the rest of the children. tree →
3) Other means more of the same kind: «other animals like it». tree →
4) «Each other» means one another: they help each other. tree →
5) «The other day» means a few days ago. tree →
6) (casual) «Other half» means your husband, wife or partner: «I'll ask my other half.» tree →
7) (casual) «Or other» shows you can't remember: «some book or other». tree →
8) (formal) «Remaining», «the remainder» and «the residual» are stiff words for the others: «The remaining pupils were…» tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah "other gods" means gods besides the one God. Interpretation: The commandment "no other gods before Me" is the second of the Ten Commandments, and the tradition reads it as forbidding any worship but of the one God. In the primary lessons: In maths: the rest of a group, the part not yet named; «the other half», «others». In everyday life: «on the other hand», «the other side of the road», «every other day». In science: comparing one group with other groups. In stories: «on the other side of the forest». In casual talk: «the other lot», «them others». In the exam voice: «the remaining», «the remainder of the cohort». Phrases: «each other», «the other way round», «every other», «other than» (except).
examples
- Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. (Torah EXO.20.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. (Torah GEN.43.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. (Torah GEN.8.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. (Writings NEH.7.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they encamped one over against the other seven days. (Prophets 1KI.20.29, JPS 1917) tree →
- He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; (Writings JOB.34.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- 3 of the cats are black and the other cats are white. tree →
- He gave 5 to Tom and the others to Ann. tree →
- The other half is red. tree →
- How many other books does she have? tree →
- The twins help each other with homework. tree →
- Cross to the other side carefully. tree →
- I saw her the other day at the shop. tree →
- Lions, tigers and other big cats hunt meat. tree →
- We have swimming every other week. tree →
- 7 of us got pizza, the other lot got chips, 12 in all, so how many chips (casual) tree →
- Take the other one, you muppet, that one's mine. (rough) tree →
- Of 30 pupils, 12 travel by bus; determine the number of the remaining pupils. (formal exam) tree →
- The others did not hear her. tree →
note
«The other(s)» often means the rest: rest = total − named part. Trap: «other» can mean «different»: «another 5» means 5 more, so add. «Every other day» means every second day (day 1, 3, 5…). «Another» is one word: an + other. Use «other» before a noun, «others» on its own. «Other than» means except. «The other way round» means the opposite order. Formal «the remaining» and «the remainder» = the others.
In the corpora
- And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
- And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «other» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.