• Others

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /ˈʌðəz/
    • US IPA: /ˈʌðɚz/

    Noun

    plural

    1. Plural of other
    2. Other people.
      I treat others like I treat myself.
    3. Those remaining after one or more people or items have left, or done something else, or been excluded.
      • 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 4, The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track....Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
    4. Two decided to hide, the others surrendered.   I kept two special jars and threw away all the others.
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