the other
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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otherplay
: 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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