Meaning of other | Babel Free

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1. An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
2. Radical alterity or otherness conceived or reified as a separate entity; “other people” altogether in their difference from oneself.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name from Old Norse, of rare usage, used as an aristocratic heritage familial given name.
5. The other one; the second of two.
6. In another way; otherwise; differently: The car performed other than perfectly.
7. Being an addition:added, additional, extra, fresh, further, more, new.
8. or else; if not. Take a taxi – otherwise you'll be late. anders وَإلاّ иначе senão jinak sonst ellers αλλιώςsi no, de no ser así, de lo contrario vastasel korral, muidu وگرنه muuten sinon, autrementולא नहीं तो u protivnom (más)különben kalau tidak annars, eða altrimenti, se no さもなければ 그렇지 않으면 kitaip vai arī kalau tidak andersellersinaczej كه نه senão altfel иначе inak sicer ili annars มิฉะนั้น yoksa, aksi takdirde 否則 або ж, а то بصورت ديگر nếu không 否则
9. the very same person as. The man who had sent the flowers was none other than the man she had spoken to the night before. niks/niemand anders as لَيْسَ غَيْر، لَيْسَ إلاّ، نَفْس الشَّخْص не кой да е nem mais nem menos nikdo jiný než niemand anders als ingen anden end ο ίδιος, όχι άλλος από ni más ni menos ei keegi muu kui همان kukapa muukaan kuin nul autre que מִי אִם לא और कोई नहीं बल्कि nitko drugi doli nem más, mint tidak lain enginn annar en nientedimeno che まさに 다름 아닌 ne kas kitas, kaip n...
10. except. There was no-one there other than an old woman. behalwe ما عَدا، غَيْر друг освен exceto kromě außer ud over εκτός απόaparte de, salvo peale به جز paitsi autrement que חוץ מ- सिवाय, छोड़कर osim, izuzev kivéve kecuali nema eccetto, se non 以外は 제외하고 išskyrus izņemot; vienīgi selain daripada behalvebortsett frapoza بغير د excepto în afară de кроме okrem razen osim annat än, utom นอกจาก ...-den başka 除了 крім کے علاوہ ngoại trừ 除了
11. in some way or by some means not known or decided. I'll finish this job on time somehow or other. op die een of ander manier/wyse بِصورةٍ أو بأُخْرى по един или друг начин de qualquer maneira tak či onak auf irgendeine Weise på en eller anden måde με τον έναν ή τον άλλο τρόπο sea como sea nii või teisiti هر جوری که شده tavalla tai toisella d'une manière ou d'une autre בְּדֶרֶך זוּ אוֹ אַחֶרֶת इस या उस प्रकार से na bilo koji način valahogy(an) bagai manapun á einn eða annan hátt in un modo o n...
12. a person or thing that is not known. Someone or other broke that window. iets dergeliks أحَدُهُم، بَعْضُهُم някой или нещо alguém/alguma coisa kdosi/cosi irgendeiner en eller anden κάποιος, κάτι alguien/algo keegi یک کسی joku tai jokin quelqu'un/quelque chose דָבַר זֶה אוֹ אָחֶר कोई एक, कोई अन्य netko valaki seseorang einhver/eitthvað qualcuno; qualcosa 誰[]かが 무엇인가 kažkas, kas nors kāds seseorang de een of anderen eller annen ten czy ów يو څوك alguém/alguma coisa cineva; ceva кто-то/что-то kto...
13. in one place if not in another; in some place not known or decided. He must have hidden it somewhere or other. iewers, êrens في مَكانٍ أو آخَر някъде, не тук em algum parte někde tady či jinde irgendwo et eller andet sted κάπουen algún lugar kuskil یک جایی jonnekin quelque part אֵיפֹה שֶׁהוּא कहीं और negdje, na nekom mjestu valahol di suatu tempat einhvers staðar da qualche parte どこかで 어디엔가 kur nors kaut kur di suatu tempat op de een of andere plek et eller annet sted gdzieś tam يو ځاى em qual...
14. Being the remaining one of two or more: the other ear.
15. Different from that or those implied or specified: Any other person would tell the truth.

Equivalents

Examples

“I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.”

“One boat is not better than the other.”

“Why not tell one or other of your parents?”

“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.”

“He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.”

“In its most fundamental dimension, sacrifice is a “gift of reconciliation” to the Other, destined to appease its desire. Sacrifice conceals the abyss of the Other’s desire, more precisely: it conceals the Other’s lack, inconsistency, “inexistence,” that transpires in this desire. Sacrifice is a guarantee that “the Other exists” […]”

“The transformations of writing bear an ethical as well as an aesthetic or literary significance; writing implies orientation towards the Other in the midst of which a renewal of the self becomes possible.”

“Critiquing the Western philosophical tradition of privileging the autonomy of the ‘I’, in which he uses Heidegger as exemplar, Levinas provocatively argues that the ‘I’ ultimately exists to be responsible for the Other – a responsibility based not on reciprocity (whether the Other behaves in accordance to expectations of the ‘I’) but on an asymmetrical and infinite kind of responsibility.”

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