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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

every other en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. All except for some previously mentioned set.
    • Two of the bolts were loose, but every other bolt I checked was fine.
  2. Every second/two; each alternate; the second of each pair in turn.
    • Although I work from home, I visit the office for a meeting every other day.
    • London Fire Brigade said crews were seeing an e-bike or e-scooter fire "every other day", with concern about conversion kits or modified e-bikes. 2025 April 2, “Network News: Fire risk: TfL extends e-bike ban”, in RAIL, number 1032, page 11:
    • Every other person in the line wore a pink bowtie.

Synonyms

every second

Translations (15)

fi kaikki loput (all except for some previously mentioned set) · hu minden más (all except for some previously mentioned set) · sv alla andra (all except for some previously mentioned set) · de jeder andere (all except for some previously mentioned set) · tr bütün diğer (all except for some previously mentioned set) · ja 他のあらゆる (all except for some previously mentioned set) · fi kaikki muut (all except for some previously mentioned set) · pl pozostały (all except for some previously mentioned set) · io omna duesma (all except for some previously mentioned set) · cmn 所有其他的 (all except for some previously mentioned set) · ru все остальны́е (all except for some previously mentioned set) · hu az összes többi (all except for some previously mentioned set) · gl todo o resto (all except for some previously mentioned set) · tr tüm diğer (all except for some previously mentioned set) · tr diğer bütün (all except for some previously mentioned set)