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the other

noun

Definition of the other

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.

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  1. : being the one (as of two or more) remaining or not included

  2. : being the one or ones distinct from that or those first mentioned or implied

  3. : second

  1. : one that remains of two or more

  2. : a thing opposite to or excluded by something else

  3. : a different or additional one

  1. : one of two that remains

  2. : each preceding one

  3. : a different or additional one

  1. : otherwise

  1. : 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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