Definition of every other
- It's a problem that's affecting this town and every other one in the state.
- I run every other day.
- The contest is held every other year.
: being each individual or part of a group without exception
: being each in a series or succession
: being all taken severally
: being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included
: being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied
: second
: one that remains of two or more
: a thing opposite to or excluded by something else
: a different or additional one
: one of two that remains
: each preceding one
: a different or additional one
: otherwise
: to treat or consider (a person or a group of people) as alien to oneself or one's group (as because of different racial, sexual, or cultural characteristics)
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