Like many English words, other possesses great flexibility in meaning and function. Over the past few centuries, it has served as an adjective, an adverb, a noun, and a pronoun.

When we use the indefinite article an before other, we write it as one word: another. Another means ‘one more’ or ‘an additional or extra’, or ‘an alternative or different’. …

OTHER definition: additional or further. See examples of other used in a sentence.

2. (a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood): he found some other house; no other man but you; other days were happier. 3. additional; further: there are …

Definition of other adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

You use other at the end of a list or a group of examples, to refer generally to people or things like the ones just mentioned. The quay will incorporate shops, restaurants and other amenities. …

Different or distinct from that or those referred to or implied. Use your other foot, not Jane but some other girl.

Other: British and Irish Poetry since 1970, a 1999 poetry anthology The Other (Applegate novel), a 2000 Animorphs novel by K.A. Applegate The Other (Tryon novel), a 1971 horror novel by …

(a) different (one or ones from that or those already specified or understood): they found some other house, no other person but you, other days were happier additional; further: there are no …

Use the adjective other to distinguish something as being different or distinct. You might ask your friend if she's coming to the movies with you, or if she has other plans.