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other

 
 
/ˈʌðər/ pronoun

Definition

used to refer to a person or thing which belongs to a group or set that you have already talked about: Mario and Anna sat down to watch the others dance. Hold the racket in one hand, and the ball in the other. Some of the pieces were damaged, others were missing.
others used to refer to people or things that are similar to people or things you have already talked about: This is broken - do you have any others? → See also each other
(Definition of other pronoun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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