every other
Definition of every other
1 : all those that are different or separate from the person or thing that has already been mentioned It's a problem that's affecting this town and every other one in the state.
2 —used to say that some repeated activity, event, etc., alternately happens and does not happen in consecutive named periods I run every other day. The contest is held every other year.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: 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
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