other than

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other than

preposition

  1. idiomatic Except, besides. There was no furniture in the abandoned house, other than a broken bedstead.
  2. idiomatic Otherwise than; in any other way than, for any other reason than, etc. The problem cannot be solved other than by putting in much time and effort.

    Similar: apart from, barring, except for, not including

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prep except; besides

Españolademás, aparte, fuera
日本語他は hoka wa, 別は betsu wa
中文除了...以外 chúle...yǐwài
Portuguêsfora
Françaisautre que
Deutschabgesehen von, außer, ausgenommen
Русскийкро́ме króme
Tiếng Việtngoài
العربيةغَيْر ḡayr

prep otherwise than

Deutschanders als, in anderer Weise als

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@misc{other_than_2026,
  title = {other than},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/other%20than},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}