every other

English

Adjective

every other

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.

   Every other person in the line wore a pink bowtie.

   Although I work from home, I visit the office for a meeting every other day.

Synonyms

• every second

Translations

all except for some previously mentioned set

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所有其他的 (suǒyǒu qítā de)

• Finnish: kaikki muut, kaikki loput
• Galician: todo o resto
• German: jeder andere
• Hungarian: az összes többi, minden más
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• Ido: omna duesma
• Japanese: 他のあらゆる (ほかのあらゆる, hoka no arayuru)
• Polish: pozostały (pl)
• Russian: все остальны́е pl (vse ostalʹnýje)
• Swedish: varannan (sv)
• Turkish: bütün diğer, diğer bütün, tüm diğer

every second — see every second