D1
little 1 determiner, quantifier, and adverb uses
1 little
You use little to indicate that there is only a very small amount of something. You can use `so'', `too'', and `very'' in front of little.
I had little money and little free time.
I find that I need very little sleep these days.
There is little doubt that a diet high in fibre is more satisfying.
So far little progress has been made towards ending the fighting.
The pudding is quick and easy and needs little attention once in the oven.
DET: DET n-uncount
* a lot of
+ little
Also a quantifier.
Little of the existing housing is of good enough quality.
They claim that little of the $16.5 million dollars in aid sent by the US government has reached them.
QUANT: QUANT of def-n
* much
+ little
Also a pronoun.
He ate little, and drank less.
In general, employers do little to help the single working mother.
Little is known about his childhood.
PRON
2 little
Little means not very often or to only a small extent.
On their way back to Marseille they spoke very little.
Only Africa is at present little affected by hard drugs.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v
3 little
A little of something is a small amount of it, but not very much. You can also say a very little.
Mrs Caan needs a little help getting her groceries home.
A little food would do us all some good.
...a little light reading...
I shall be only a very little time.
DET: DET n-uncount
+ little
Also a pronoun.
They get paid for it. Not much. Just a little.
PRON
+ little
Also a quantifier.
Pour a little of the sauce over the chicken.
I''m sure she won''t mind sparing us a little of her time.
QUANT: QUANT of def-n-uncount/sing
* a lot
4 little
If you do something a little, you do it for a short time.
He walked a little by himself in the garden.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v
5 little
A little or a little bit means to a small extent or degree.
He complained a little of a nagging pain between his shoulder blades.
He was a little bit afraid of his father''s reaction.
If you have to drive when you are tired, go a little more slowly than you would normally.
He wanted to have someone to whom he could talk a little about himself.
ADV-GRADED: ADV after v, ADV adj/adv
6 little
If something happens little by little, it happens very gradually.
In the beginning he had felt well, but little by little he was becoming weaker.
I would have to learn, little by little, to exist alone.
PHR: PHR with cl
= gradually
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D2
little 2 adjective uses
The comparative littler and the superlative littlest are sometimes used in spoken English for meanings 1, 3, and 4, but otherwise the comparative and superlative forms of the adjective little are not used.
1 little littler littlest
Little things are small in size. Little is slightly more informal than small.
We sat around a little table, eating and drinking wine.
...the little group of art students.
ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n
= small * big
2 little
You use little to indicate that someone or something is small, in a pleasant and attractive way.
She''s got the nicest little house not far from the library.
...a little old lady...
James usually drives a little hatchback.
ADJ: ADJ n
3 little littler littlest
A little child is young.
I have a little boy of 8.
When I was little I was very hyper-active.
ADJ-GRADED
4 little
Your little sister or brother is younger than you are.
Whenever Daniel''s little sister was asked to do something she always had a naughty reply.
ADJ: ADJ n
= younger * big
5 little littler littlest
A little distance, period of time, or event is short in length.
Just go down the road a little way, turn left, and cross the bridge.
Why don''t we just wait a little while and see what happens.
I''ve been wanting to have a little talk with you.
ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n
* long
6 little littler littlest
A little sound or gesture is quick.
I had a little laugh to myself.
She stood up quickly, giving a little cry of astonishment.
He turned with a little nod and I watched him walk away.
ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n
* big
7 little
You use little to indicate that something is not serious or important.
...irritating little habits...
Harry found himself getting angry over little things that had never bothered him before.
ADJ: ADJ n
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little
adjective
1 small, diminutive, miniature, minute, petite, short, tiny, wee
2 young, babyish, immature, infant, junior, undeveloped
adverb
3 hardly, barely
4 rarely, hardly ever, not often, scarcely, seldom
noun
5 bit, fragment, hint, particle, speck, spot, touch, trace
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U1
little - a little
`little'' used as an adjective
Little is usually used as an adjective. You use it to talk about the size of something.
...a little table with a glass top.
See entry at small - little.
`a little'' used as an adverb
A little is usually used as an adverb. You use it after a verb, or in front of an adjective or another adverb. It means `to a small extent or degree''.
The economy is expected to slow down a little.
Trading is thought to have been a little disappointing.
The local football team is doing a little better.
The celebrations began a little earlier than expected.
Note that you do not use a little in front of an adjective when the adjective comes in front of a noun.
Several other words and expressions can be used to express degree. For a graded list, see section on degree in entry at Adverbials. See also section on submodifiers in entry at Adverbs.
used in front of nouns
Little and a little are also used in front of nouns to talk about quantities. When they are used like this, they do not have the same meaning.
You use a little simply to indicate that you are talking about a small quantity or amount of something. When you use little without `a'', you are emphasizing that there is only a small quantity or amount of something.
So, for example, if you say `I have a little money'', you are simply saying that you have some money. However, if you say `I have little money'', you mean that you do not have enough money.
I had made a little progress.
It is clear that little progress was made.
He started a new business with a little help from his friends.
Having an independent allowance will be little help.
used as pronouns
Little and a little can be used in similar ways as pronouns.
Beat in the eggs, a little at a time.
Little has changed.
`not much''
In conversation, people do not usually use little without `a''. Instead they use not much. For example, instead of saying `I have little money'', they say `I haven''t got much money'' or `I don''t have much money''.
I haven''t got much appetite.
You haven''t got much to say to me, have you?
We probably don''t have much time.
You don''t have much contact with other people.
WARNING
You do not use little or a little when you are talking about a small number of people or things. You do not say, for example, `She has a little hens''. You say `She has a few hens''. Similarly, you do not say `Little people attended his lectures''. You say `Few people attended his lectures'', or `Not many people attended his lectures''. See entry at few - a few.
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U2
small - little
Small and little are both used to say that someone or something is not large. There are some important differences in the ways these words are used.
position in clause
Small can be used in front of a noun, or after a verb such as `be''.
They escaped in small boats.
Portable computers need to be small.
Little is normally used only in front of nouns. You can talk about `a little town'', but you do not say `The town is little''.
...a little table with a glass top.
...a little piece of rock.
used with submodifiers
You can use words like `quite'' and `rather'' in front of small.
...quite small incidents.
...a rather small paper knife.
...fairly small groups of people.
You do not use these words in front of little.
You can use `very'' and `too'' in front of small.
The trees are full of very small birds.
...houses which are too small.
You do not use `very'' or `too'' in front of little when you use it as an adjective. You do not say, for example, `I have a very little car'' or `Our house is very little''.
comparatives and superlatives
Small has the comparative and superlative forms smaller and smallest.
They are smaller, darker birds.
...the smallest yachts in the fleet.
You do not use a comparative or superlative form of little.
used with other adjectives
You can use other adjectives in front of little.
...a nice little man.
...a historic little ship.
You do not normally use other adjectives in front of small.
For a graded list of adjectives which are used to describe how small or large something is, see entry at small - large.
See also entry at little - a little.
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 9:09:42←
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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-23 07:38|
number
1 number numbers
A number is a word such as `two'', `nine'', or `twelve'', or a symbol such as 1, 3, or 47. You use numbers to say how many things you are referring to or where something comes in a series.
No, I don''t know the room number.
Stan Laurel was born at number 3, Argyll Street.
The number 47 bus leaves in 10 minutes.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
2 number numbers
You use number with words such as `large'' or `small'' to say approximately how many things or people there are.
Quite a considerable number of interviews are going on.
I have had an enormous number of letters from single parents.
Growing numbers of people in the rural areas are too frightened to vote.
N-COUNT: adj N, usu N of n
3 number
If there are a number of things or people, there are several of them. If there are any number of things or people, there is a large quantity of them.
I seem to remember that Sam told a number of lies.
There must be any number of people in my position.
N-SING: a/any N, usu N of n
4 number
You can refer to someone''s or something''s position in a list of the most successful or most popular of a particular type of thing as, for example, number one or number two.
Martin now faces the world number one, Jansher Khan of Pakistan.
Before you knew it, the single was at Number 90 in the US singles charts.
Vikram Seth''s `A Suitable Boy'' is number two in the best-seller lists.
N-UNCOUNT: N num
5 number numbers numbering numbered
If a group of people or things numbers a particular total, that is how many there are.
They told me that their village numbered 100.
This time the dead were numbered in hundreds, not dozens.
VB
= add up to
6 number numbers
A number is the series of numbers that you dial when you are making a telephone call.
Sarah sat down and dialled a number.
...a list of names and telephone numbers...
My number is 414-3925.
`You must have a wrong number,'' she said. `There''s no one of that name here.''
N-COUNT
7 number numbers
You can refer to a short piece of music, a song, or a dance as a number.
...`Unforgettable'', a number that was written and performed in 1951...
Responsibility for the dance numbers was split between Robert Alton and the young George Balanchine.
N-COUNT
8 number numbers numbering numbered
If someone or something is numbered among a particular group, they are believed to belong in that group. (FORMAL)
The Leicester Swannington Railway is numbered among Britain''s railway pioneers.
He numbered several Americans among his friends.
VB
9 number numbers numbering numbered
If you number something, you mark it with a number, usually starting at 1.
He cut his paper up into tiny squares, and he numbered each one.
Each factor has been numbered.
VB
10 number
If you say that someone''s or something''s days are numbered, you mean that they will not survive or be successful for much longer.
The party is convinced that the Communists'' days are numbered.
PHR: V inflects, with poss
11 number
One of your number is a member of your group.
Scientists like the idea that one of their number is close to the seat of power.
One of our number has made a very interesting design of flooring, which has won a prize.
PHR
12 number
If you refer to the numbers game, the numbers racket, or the numbers, you are referring to an illegal lottery or illegal betting. (AM)
PHR
See also numbers game.
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D2
numb
1 numb
If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there.
He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips.
My legs felt numb and my toes ached.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
?numbness
I have recently been suffering from pain and numbness in my hands.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N in n
2 numb
If you are numb with shock, fear, or grief, you are so shocked, frightened, or upset that you cannot think clearly or feel any emotion.
The mother, numb with grief, has trouble speaking.
I was so shocked I went numb.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n
?numbness
Many men become more aware of emotional numbness in their 40s.
N-UNCOUNT: oft adj N
?numbly
He walked numbly into the cemetery.
ADV: ADV with v
3 numb numbs numbing numbed
If an event or experience numbs you, you can no longer think clearly or feel any emotion.
For a while the shock of Philippe''s letter numbed her.
The horror of my experience has numbed my senses.
VB
= stun
See also mind-numbing.
?numbed
I''m so numbed with shock that I can hardly think.
...the sort of numbed hush which usually follows an automobile accident.
ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ
= stunned
4 numb numbs numbing numbed
If cold weather, a drug, or a blow numbs a part of your body, you can no longer feel anything in it.
The cold numbed my fingers.
An injection of local anaesthetic is usually given first to numb the area.
She awoke with a numbed feeling in her left leg.
VB
= deaden
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number
noun
1 numeral, character, digit, figure, integer
2 quantity, aggregate, amount, collection, crowd, horde, multitude, throng
3 issue, copy, edition, imprint, printing
verb
4 count, account, add, calculate, compute, enumerate, include, reckon, total
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T2
numb
adjective
1 unfeeling, benumbed, dead, deadened, frozen, immobilized, insensitive, paralysed, torpid
verb
2 deaden, benumb, dull, freeze, immobilize, paralyse
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 9:11:23←
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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-23 07:34|
small
1 small smaller smallest
A small person, thing, or amount of something is not large in physical size.
She is small for her age.
The window was far too small for him to get through.
Next door to the garage is a small orchard area.
Stick them on using a small amount of glue.
ADJ-GRADED
* big
?smallness
Amy had not mentioned the smallness and bareness of Luis''s home.
N-UNCOUNT
* largeness
2 small smaller smallest
A small group or quantity consists of only a few people or things.
A small group of students meets regularly to learn Japanese.
Guns continued to be produced in small numbers.
ADJ-GRADED
* large
3 small smaller smallest
A small child is a very young child.
I have a wife and two small children.
What were you like when you were small?
ADJ-GRADED
= young
4 small smaller smallest
You use small to describe something that is not significant or great in degree.
It''s quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work.
No detail was too small to escape her attention.
He believes this to be a relatively small problem.
ADJ-GRADED
= minor * major
5 small smaller smallest
Small businesses or companies employ a small number of people and do business with a small number of clients.
...shops, restaurants and other small businesses...
Tool companies here are generally small.
ADJ-GRADED
6 small smaller smallest
If someone speaks in a small voice, they speak in a quiet, high voice because they are frightened or ashamed.
`I''m scared,'' she said in a very small voice.
ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n
* loud
7 small smaller smallest
If someone makes you look or feel small, they make you look or feel stupid or ashamed.
This may just be another of her schemes to make me look small.
When your children misbehave tell them without making them feel small.
ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ
= stupid
8 small
The small of your back is the bottom part of your back that curves in slightly.
Place your hands on the small of your back and breathe in.
N-SING: the N of n
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small Informal
adjective
1 little, diminutive, mini, miniature, minute, petite, pygmy or pigmy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, undersized, wee
2 unimportant, insignificant, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, trifling, trivial
3 petty, base, mean, narrow
4 modest, humble, unpretentious
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U1
small - large
The following adjectives are used to indicate how small or large something is. They are arranged from `smallest'' to `largest''.
>microscopic, infinitesimal, >tiny, minute, miniature, diminutive, minuscule, >small, little, >medium-sized, average-sized, >large, big, great, >huge, enormous, massive, >vast, immense, gigantic, colossal
Note that the adjective minute is pronounced .
See also entries at small - little and big - large - great.
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U2
small - little
Small and little are both used to say that someone or something is not large. There are some important differences in the ways these words are used.
position in clause
Small can be used in front of a noun, or after a verb such as `be''.
They escaped in small boats.
Portable computers need to be small.
Little is normally used only in front of nouns. You can talk about `a little town'', but you do not say `The town is little''.
...a little table with a glass top.
...a little piece of rock.
used with submodifiers
You can use words like `quite'' and `rather'' in front of small.
...quite small incidents.
...a rather small paper knife.
...fairly small groups of people.
You do not use these words in front of little.
You can use `very'' and `too'' in front of small.
The trees are full of very small birds.
...houses which are too small.
You do not use `very'' or `too'' in front of little when you use it as an adjective. You do not say, for example, `I have a very little car'' or `Our house is very little''.
comparatives and superlatives
Small has the comparative and superlative forms smaller and smallest.
They are smaller, darker birds.
...the smallest yachts in the fleet.
You do not use a comparative or superlative form of little.
used with other adjectives
You can use other adjectives in front of little.
...a nice little man.
...a historic little ship.
You do not normally use other adjectives in front of small.
For a graded list of adjectives which are used to describe how small or large something is, see entry at small - large.
See also entry at little - a little.
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 9:12:45←
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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-23 01:02|
given
1 Given is the past participle of give.
2 given
If you talk about, for example, any given position or a given time, you mean the particular position or time that you are discussing.
In chess there are typically about 36 legal moves from any given board position.
The bank discovered that in a given period, only a proportion of its borrowers would ask for their money in the form of cash.
ADJ: det ADJ
= particular
3 given
Given is used when indicating a possible situation in which someone has the opportunity or ability to do something. For example, given the chance means `if I had the chance''.
Write down the sort of thing you would like to do, given the opportunity.
Given patience, successful breeding of this species can be achieved.
PREP
4 given
If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
Usually, I am sensible with money, as I have to be, given that I don''t earn that much.
PHR-CONJ-SUBORD
= considering
5 given
If you say given something, you mean taking that thing into account.
Given the uncertainty over Leigh''s future I was left with little other choice.
PREP
6 given
If you are given to doing something, you often do it. (FORMAL)
I am not very given to emotional displays.
ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to -ing/n
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D2
give 1 used with nouns describing actions
1 give gives gave given
You can use give with nouns that refer to physical actions. The whole expression refers to the performing of the action. For example, She gave a smile means almost the same as `She smiled''.
She stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn.
Giving a sigh, she fell to her knees at my feet.
He gave her a fond smile.
He reached for her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
VB: no cont
2 give gives giving gave given
You use give to say that a person does something for another person. For example, if you give someone a lift, you take them somewhere in your car.
I gave her a lift back out to her house.
He was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Sophie asked her if she would like to come and give art lessons.
VB
3 give gives giving gave given
You use give with nouns that refer to information, opinions, or greetings to indicate that something is communicated. For example, if you give someone some news, you tell it to them.
He gave no details.
Would you like to give me your name?.
He asked me to give his regards to all of you.
He gave the cause of death as multiple injuries.
VB
4 give gives giving gave given
You use give to say how long you think something will last or how much you think something will be.
A BBC poll gave the Labour Party a 12 per cent lead.
Ted and his lawyers gave the company 11 months to sell off everything.
VB
5 give gives gave given
People use give in expressions such as I don''t give a damn to show that they do not care about something. (INFORMAL)
They don''t give a damn about the country.
VB: no cont, no passive, with brd-neg feelings
6 give gives giving gave given
If someone or something gives you a particular idea or impression, it causes you to have that idea or impression.
They gave me the impression that they were doing exactly what they wanted in life.
The examiner''s final report does not give an accurate picture.
VB
7 give gives giving gave given
If someone or something gives you a particular physical or emotional feeling, it makes you experience it.
He gave me a shock.
It will give great pleasure to the many thousands of children who visit the hospital each year.
VB
8 give gives giving gave given
If you give a performance or speech, you perform or speak in public.
Kotto gives a stupendous performance.
I am sure you remember Mrs Butler who gave us such an interesting talk last year.
VB
9 give gives giving gave given
If you give something thought or attention, you think about it, concentrate on it, or deal with it.
I''ve been giving it some thought.
Priority will be given to those who apply early.
VB
10 give gives giving gave given
If you give a party or other social event, you organize it.
That evening, I gave a dinner party for a few close friends.
VB
= have
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D3
give 2 transferring
1 give gives giving gave given
If you give someone something that you own or have bought, you provide them with it, so that they have it or can use it.
They gave us T-shirts and stickers.
He gave money to the World Health Organisation to help defeat smallpox.
This recipe was given to me years ago by a farmer''s wife.
Americans are still giving to charity despite hard economic times.
VB
2 give gives giving gave given
If you give someone something that you are holding or that is near you, you pass it to them, so that they are then holding it.
Give me that pencil.
He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to him.
VB
3 give gives giving gave given
To give someone or something a particular power or right means to allow them to have it.
...a citizen''s charter giving rights to gays...
The draft would give the president the power to appoint the central bank''s chairman.
VB
= grant
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D4
give 3 other uses, phrases, and phrasal verbs
1 give gives giving gave given
If something gives, it collapses or breaks under pressure.
My knees gave under me.
VB
2 give gave
You say that you are given to understand or believe that something is the case when you do not want to say how you found out about it, or who told you. (FORMAL)
We were given to understand that he was ill.
He has been given to believe that there may be a future for him and Maria together.
V-PASSIVE vagueness
3 give
If someone gives as good as they get, they fight or argue as well as the person they are fighting or arguing with. (mainly BRIT)
For the first time in 12 years, the Democrats are giving as good as they get.
PHR: Vs inflect
4 give
You use give in phrases such as I''d give anything, I''d give my right arm, and what wouldn''t I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
I''d give anything to be like you.
PHR: usu PHR to-inf emphasis
5 give
You use give me to say that you would rather have one thing than another, especially when you have just mentioned the thing that you do not want.
I''ve never had anything barbecued and I don''t want it. Give me a good roast dinner any day.
PHR: PHR n
6 give
If you say that something requires give and take, you mean that people must compromise or co-operate for it to be successful.
...a happy relationship where there''s a lot of give and take.
PHR
7 give
Give or take is used to indicate that an amount is approximate. For example, if you say that something is fifty years old, give or take a few years, you mean that it is approximately fifty years old.
They grow to a height of 12 insmgive or take a couple of inches.
PHR: PHR amount
8 give
You say I''ll give you that to indicate that you admit that someone has a particular characteristic or ability.
You''re a bright enough kid, I''ll give you that.
PHR: cl PHR
sunyuting1 发表于 >2004-5-28 9:14:14←
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[楼 主] | Posted:2004-12-23 01:00|
other
When other follows the determiner an, it is written as one word: see another.
1 other
You use other to refer to an additional thing or person of the same type as one that has been mentioned or is known about.
They were just like any other young couple.
The communique gave no other details.
ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n
+ other
Also a pronoun.
Four crewmen were killed, one other was injured.
In 1914 he (like so many others) lied about his age so that he could join the war effort.
PRON
2 other
You use other to indicate that a thing or person is not the one already mentioned, but a different one.
The authorities insist that the discussions must not be linked to any other issue.
Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p per minute at all other times.
He would have to accept it; there was no other way.
They will then have more money to spend on other things.
ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n
+ other
Also a pronoun.
This issue, more than any other, has divided her cabinet.
Some of these methods will work. Others will not.
PRON
3 other
You use other to refer to the second of two things or people when the identity of the first is already known or understood, or has already been mentioned.
The Captain was at the other end of the room.
You deliberately went in the other direction.
Half of PML''s scientists have first degrees, the other half have PhDs.
ADJ: det ADJ
+ other
Also a pronoun.
Almost everybody had a cigarette in one hand and a martini in the other.
While one of them tried to put his hand in my pocket, the other held me from behind.
PRON-SING: the PRON
4 other
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.
Queensway Quay will incorporate shops, restaurants and other amenities.
Place them in a jam jar, porcelain bowl, or other similar container.
ADJ: det ADJ, ADJ n
+ other
Also a pronoun.
Descartes received his stimulus from the new physics and astronomy of Copernicus, Galileo, and others.
PRON
5 other
You use other to refer to the rest of the people or things in a group, when you are talking about one particular person or thing.
When the other pupils were taken to an exhibition, he was left behind.
ADJ: det ADJ
+ other
Also a pronoun.
Aubrey''s on his way here, with the others.
PRON: the PRON
6 other
Other people are people in general, as opposed to yourself or a person you have already mentioned.
The suffering of other people appals me.
She likes to be with other people.
ADJ: ADJ n
+ other
Others means the same as other people.
His humour depended on contempt for others.
PRON-PLURAL
7 other
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.
The other evening we had a party.
ADJ: the ADJ n
8 other
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.
He moved to England in 1980 where, among other things, he worked as a journalist.
His travels took him to Dublin, among other places.
He is expected to be supported at the meeting by Dennis Skinner and Tony Benn among others.
PHR: PHR with cl, oft PHR n vagueness
9 other
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.
PHR: usu PHR after v
10 other
You use every other to emphasize that you are referring to all the rest of the people or things in a group.
The same will apply in every other country.
PHR: PHR n emphasis
11 other
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.
He called together all his employees and announced that the manager was none other than his son.
PHR: PHR n emphasis
12 other
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.
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.
PHR: PHR n emphasis
13 other
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.
I was going to have him called away from the house on some pretext or other.
The Foundation is holding a dinner in honour of something or other.
Somehow or other he''s involved.
PHR: n/adv PHR vagueness
14 other
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.
The journey by road to Wolverhampton is not recommended to anyone other than the most experienced cyclist.
PHR: with brd-neg, PHR n/-ing
= apart from, except
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1 additional, added, alternative, auxiliary, extra, further, more, spare, supplementary
2 different, contrasting, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, separate, unrelated, variant
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`the other''
When you are talking about two people or things and have already referred to one of them, you refer to the second one as the other or the other one.
They had two little daughters, one a baby, the other a girl of twelve.
He blew out one of his candles and moved the other one.
`the others''
When you are talking about several people or things and have already referred to one or more of them, you usually refer to the remaining ones as the others.
Jack and the others paid no attention.
First, concentrate only on the important tasks, then move on to the others.
`others''
When you have been talking about some people or things of a particular type, you refer to more people or things of this type as others.
Some writers are greater than others.
One policeman was stabbed and three others received minor injuries.
Note that you do not use `the'' with others in sentences like these. You do not say, for example, `Some writers are greater than the others''.
`another''
When you have been talking about people or things of a particular type, you refer to one more person or thing of this type as another or another one.
I saw one girl whispering to another.
She had one plateful and then went back for another one.
See entry at another.
used in front of nouns
The other, other, and another can be used in a similar way in front of count nouns.
I was happy there, in spite of not getting on all that well with the other girls.
The roof was covered with straw and other materials.
He opened another shop last month.
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