[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/other.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / other [← O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/O/) # other «other» in Mova's school dictionary: **a different one, not this one** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective (other); pronoun (other, others); determiner (other) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Other means a different one, not this one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m1) 2) «The other» or «the others» means the rest: «The other children» are the rest of the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m2) 3) Other means more of the same kind: «other animals like it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m3) 4) «Each other» means one another: they help each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m4) 5) «The other day» means a few days ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m5) 6) (casual) «Other half» means your husband, wife or partner: «I'll ask my other half.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m6) 7) (casual) «Or other» shows you can't remember: «some book or other». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m7) 8) (formal) «Remaining», «the remainder» and «the residual» are stiff words for the others: «The remaining pupils were…» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#m8) ### sense in the 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 - 3 of the cats are black and the other cats are white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x1) - He gave 5 to Tom and the others to Ann. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x2) - The other half is red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x3) - How many other books does she have? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x4) - The twins help each other with homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x5) - Cross to the other side carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x6) - I saw her the other day at the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x7) - Lions, tigers and other big cats hunt meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x8) - We have swimming every other week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x9) - 7 of us got pizza, the other lot got chips, 12 in all, so how many chips (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x10) - Take the other one, you muppet, that one's mine. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x11) - Of 30 pupils, 12 travel by bus; determine the number of the remaining pupils. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x12) - The others did not hear her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/#x13) ### 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 - [At the other end of working life comes retirement, when people stop paid work for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/4/) - [A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/12/) - [A picket line is striking workers standing outside their workplace with signs, peacefully asking others not to go in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/14/) - [Some families rent their home from a landlord; others are buying it with a huge loan from a bank called a mortgage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/2/) - [Rent is often a family's biggest bill, so when it goes up, other spending has to shrink.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/9/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «other» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/other/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.