7 ADJ You use other in informal expressions of time such as the other day , the other evening , or the other week to refer to a day, evening, or week in the recent past. □ I rang her the other day and she said she'd like to come round.
8 PHRASE You use expressions like among other things or among others to indicate that there are several more facts, things, or people like the one or ones mentioned, but that you do not intend to mention them all. [VAGUENESS ] □ He moved to England in 1980 where, among other things, he worked as a journalist. □ His travels took him to Dublin, among other places. □ They produce thin sheet steel to be used by the motor car industry, among others.
9 PHRASE If something happens, for example, every other day or every other month , there is a day or month when it does not happen between each day or month when it happens. □ Their food is adequate. It includes meat at least every other day, vegetables and fruit. □ Now that their children have grown up she joins Paddy in London every other week.
10 PHRASE You use every other to emphasize that you are referring to all the rest of the people or things in a group. [EMPHASIS ] □ The same will apply in every other country.
11 PHRASE You use none other than and no other than to emphasize the name of a person or thing when something about that person or thing is surprising in a particular situation. [EMPHASIS ] □ It is based on an incident involving none other than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
12 PHRASE You use nothing other than and no other than when you are going to mention a course of action, decision, or description and emphasize that it is the only one possible in the situation. [EMPHASIS ] □ Nothing other than an immediate custodial sentence could be justified. □ The rebels would not be happy with anything other than the complete removal of the current regime. □ They have left us with no other choice than to take formal action.
13 PHRASE You use or other in expressions like somehow or other and someone or other to indicate that you cannot or do not want to be more precise about the information that you are giving. [VAGUENESS ] □ The Foundation is holding a dinner in honour of something or other. □ Somehow or other he's involved.
14 PHRASE You use other than after a negative statement to say that the person, item, or thing that follows is the only exception to the statement. □ She makes no reference to any feminist work other than her own.
15 each other → see each
16 one after the other → see after
17 one or other → see one
18 this, that and the other → see this
19 in other words → see word
oth|er|ness /ʌ ðə r nəs/ N‑UNCOUNT Otherness is the quality that someone or something has which is different from yourself or from the things that you have experienced. □ [+ of ] I like the otherness of men's minds and bodies.
other|wise ◆◆◇ /ʌ ðə r wa I z/
1 ADV You use otherwise after stating a situation or fact, in order to say what the result or consequence would be if this situation or fact was not the case. □ Make a note of the questions you want to ask. You will invariably forget them otherwise. □ I'm lucky that I'm interested in school work, otherwise I'd go mad.
2 ADV You use otherwise before stating the general condition or quality of something, when you are also mentioning an exception to this general condition or quality. □ The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an otherwise drab city. □ …a blue and gold caravan, slightly travel-stained but otherwise in good condition.
3 ADV [ADV with v] You use otherwise to refer in a general way to actions or situations that are very different from, or the opposite to, your main statement. [WRITTEN ] □ Take approximately 60mg up to four times a day, unless advised otherwise by a doctor. □ All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
4 ADV [ADV before v] You use otherwise to indicate that other ways of doing something are possible in addition to the way already mentioned. □ The studio could punish its players by keeping them out of work, and otherwise controlling their lives.
5 PHRASE You use or otherwise or and otherwise to mention something that is not the thing just referred to or is the opposite of that thing. □ It was for the police to assess the validity or otherwise of the evidence. □ I was feeling really ill, mentally and otherwise.
other|worldly /ʌ ðə r wɜː r ldli/ also other-worldly ADJ [usu ADJ n] Otherworldly people, things, and places seem strange or spiritual, and not much connected with ordinary things. □ They encourage an image of the region as an otherworldly sort of place. □ …a strange, other-worldly smile.
OTT /oʊ tiː tiː / ADJ If you describe something as OTT , you mean that it is exaggerated and extreme. OTT is an abbreviation for 'over the top'. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ …an OTT comedy cabaret revue.
ot|ter /ɒ tə r / (otters ) N‑COUNT An otter is a small animal with brown fur, short legs, and a long tail. Otters swim well and eat fish.
ouch /aʊ tʃ/ EXCLAM ' Ouch! ' is used in writing to represent the noise that people make when they suddenly feel pain. □ She was barefoot and stones dug into her feet. 'Ouch, ouch,' she cried.
ought ◆◇◇ /ɔː t/ Ought to is a phrasal modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb. The negative form of ought to is ought not to , which is sometimes shortened to oughtn't to in spoken English. 1 PHRASE You use ought to to mean that it is morally right to do a particular thing or that it is morally right for a particular situation to exist, especially when giving or asking for advice or opinions. □ If you get something good, you ought to share it. □ You ought to be ashamed of yourselves. You've created this problem.