other thing

collocation in English

meaningsofotherandthing

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other
adjective
uk
/ˈʌð.ər/us
/ˈʌð.ɚ/
different to what is usual or expected, and sometimes not ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofotherandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofother thing

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While we were fighting, they would do nootherthingother than sell their homeland.
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Theotherthingwas the way the ensemble functioned.
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Theotherthingis the way the building touches the ground.
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Each noun phrase nevertheless designates one thing that is related to theotherthing.
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In reduced listening, sound no longer appears as a medium or placeholder for 'someotherthing'.
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Theotherthingis the grading.
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When you (an ex-combatant) are talking, from the tone of your voice and everyotherthingwe'll be able to know whether you are saying the truth.
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In segment 5, something else can be paraphrased as 'someotherthing', indicating once again that else has 'other' as its underlying meaning.
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Theotherthinghe said to me was that you don't knock something when it is working.
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Music 'is like', in other words, someotherthing; and, conversely, someotherthing(say conduct style during an evening) is 'like' music.
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Theotherthingthat's happening is that clients are becoming more demanding, so the debate is getting richer.
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And then there was theotherthing.
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Theotherthingwas that they have this model of their organisation with medical department, chemical department, physical department, front office and then central staff office.
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I would like to mention oneotherthing.
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The onlyotherthingon this sheet is two straight lines.
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Theotherthingshould be one's ideal, what one wants.
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I think theotherthingneeded is an enormous amount of research.
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What is theotherthingthat he did?
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