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other
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?th??r
- (UK)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??ð?(?)/, [??ð?(?)]
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /?ð?/
- (US)
- (General American) IPA(key): /??ð?/
- (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??ð?/, [?äð?]
- Hyphenation: oth?er
- Rhymes: -?ð?(r)
Etymology
From Middle English other, from Old English ?þer (“other, second”), from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ?ther, ("other"; > North Frisian ü?er, ööder, ouder), Old Saxon ?thar (“other”), Old High German ander (“other”), Old Norse annarr, øðr-, aðr- (“other, second”), Gothic ???????????????????? (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Albanian ndërroj (“to change, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit ????? (ántara, “different”), Sanskrit ???? (anyá, “other, different”).
Adjective
other (not comparable)
- See other (determiner) below.
- Synonyms: additional, another
- Second.
- Synonym: alternate
- Alien.
- Synonym: foreign
- Different.
- Synonyms: disparate, dissimilar, distinctive, distinguishable, diverse; see also Thesaurus:different
- Antonym: same
- (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
Derived terms
- otherdom
- otherhood
- otherish
- otherling
- otherly
- otherness
- other rank
- other side
Translations
Noun
other (plural others)
- An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
- The other one; the second of two.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
- Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
- 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations
Derived terms
- others
Translations
Determiner
other
- Not the one or ones previously referred to.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:other.
Antonyms
- same
Derived terms
- this, that, and the other
Translations
Adverb
other (not comparable)
- Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
- (obsolete) Otherwise.
Related terms
- another
- otherwise
Translations
Verb
other (third-person singular simple present others, present participle othering, simple past and past participle othered)
- (transitive) To regard, label, or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
- (transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
- 2007, Christopher Emdin, City University of New York. Urban Education, Exploring the contexts of urban science classrooms:
- In this scenario, the young lady who had spoken had been othered by her peers and her response to my question had been dismissed as invalid despite the fact that she was alright.
- 2007, Christopher Emdin, City University of New York. Urban Education, Exploring the contexts of urban science classrooms:
Derived terms
- otherer
- othering
- otherize
- otherization
Anagrams
- Rothe, heort-, hetro, rothe, thero-, threo-, throe
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ?þer. Compare German oder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?oð?r/, /?o?ð?r/
Conjunction
other
- or; synonym of or
Determiner
other
- other
Descendants
- English: other
- Yola: ooree, oree
References
- “???ther, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- ?r (Old West Frisian)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énteros. Cognates include Old English ?þer, Old Saxon ?thar and Old Dutch andar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?ðer/
Adjective
?ther
- other
- second
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: öler
- Hallig: öör
- Helgoland: uur
- Mooring: ouder
- Sylt: ü?er
- Saterland Frisian: uur, our
- West Frisian: oar
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN
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reverse
English
Etymology
From Middle English revers (noun, adjective}, reversen (verb), from Anglo-Norman revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), Middle French revers (noun, adjective), reverser (verb), and their source, Latin reversus (perfect passive participle), revers? (verb), from re- + vers?. Doublet of revers.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v??s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Adjective
reverse (not comparable)
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction. [from 14th c.]
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction. [from 19th c.]
- (rail transport, of points) To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- He found the sea diverse / With many a windy storm reverse.
- (botany) Reversed.
- (genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
Antonyms
- (rail transport): normal
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
reverse (not comparable)
- (now rare) In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down. [from 16thc. (from the 14thc. in Middle English)]
- 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
- The man was killed to feed his image fat / Within this pictured world that ran reverse, / Where miracles alone were ever plain.
- 1963, Donal Serrell Thomas, Points of Contact:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:vice versa or Thesaurus:upside down
Noun
reverse (plural reverses)
- The opposite of something. [from 14th c.]
- The act of going backwards; a reversal. [from 15th c.]
- 1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare
- By a reverse of fortune, Stephen becomes rich.
- 1808, Charles Lamb, Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare
- A piece of misfortune; a setback. [from 16th c.]
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 309:
- In fact, though the Russians did not yet know it, the British had met with a reverse.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 309:
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse. [from 17th c.]
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side. [from 18th c.]
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: reverse gear
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- (surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
reverse (third-person singular simple present reverses, present participle reversing, simple past and past participle reversed)
- (transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- to reverse the order of books on a shelf
- to reverse a portion of video footage
- (transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.
- 1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government
- A pyramid reversed may stand upon his point if balanced by admirable skill.
- 1672, William Temple, Essay on the Original and Nature of Government
- (transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.
- (transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To return, come back.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- Bene they all dead, and laide in dolefull herse? / Or doen they onely sleepe, and shall againe reuerse?
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4:
- (obsolete, transitive) To turn away; to cause to depart.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to return; to recall.
- (law) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree
- (ergative) To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- (chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- (rail transport, transitive) To place a set of points in the reverse position
- (rail transport, intransitive, of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, Conformity to the World destructive of our Happiness
- Custom […] reverses even the distinctions of good and evil.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, Conformity to the World destructive of our Happiness
- (computing) Short for reverse-engineer.
- 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
- Reversing is also heavily used in connection with malicious software, on both ends of the fence: […]
- 2012, Christopher C. Elisan, Malware, Rootkits & Botnets: A Beginner's Guide (page 117)
- […] but in some instances where malware is proving to be difficult, reversing is needed.
- 2011, Eldad Eilam, Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering
Antonyms
- (to turn something in the opposite direction): unreverse
- (rail transport): normalise / normalize (transitive and intransitive)
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Reserve, Reveres, reserve, reveres, severer, veerers
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.v??s/
Verb
reverse
- first-person singular present indicative of reverser
- third-person singular present indicative of reverser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of reverser
- second-person singular imperative of reverser
Anagrams
- réserve, réservé
Latin
Participle
reverse
- vocative masculine singular of reversus
References
- reverse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [re?verse]
Verb
reverse
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rev?rsa
- third-person plural present subjunctive of rev?rsa
Spanish
Verb
reverse
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reversar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reversar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reversar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reversar.
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