the other

noun

1

: the person or thing that remains or that has not been shown or mentioned yet

I held on with one hand and waved with the other.

Each of them looked at the other.

2

: an opposite place or thing

We moved from one side of town to the other.

Examples of the other in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many of the children's bodies were severely decomposed, with only 26 able to be identified, and investigations into the other deaths are ongoing. — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

But if the atom is described by the superposition Ψ1 + Ψ2, the measurement will randomly select one of the two possible positions as if the other part of the wave function did not exist. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Firefighters managed to control the blaze on Saturday and stop it from spreading to the other buildings. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

On the other side of the entrance, a formal dining room features a picture window and access to the chef’s kitchen, which is complete with a double island. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the other

• another
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother
• brother
• mother
• nother
• smother
• souther