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other than

other than

350 1.0
Not including someone or something
  • adposition
translation icon : excepto
  • And she can be disrespectful when she is mad or irritated, but other than that...
  • factors other than
  • a language other than
  • reasons other than

It needs a little salt but other than that it is fantastic.

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Examples

  • I enjoy eating foods other than just pizza, like sushi and salads.

  • It's been good so far other than that dust.

  • It's not doing anything other than what works.

  • If you can do it other than that, let me know.

  • And but yeah, other than that, it was really nice.

    Zane and Heath: UNFILTERED

  • I had nothing to do with it, other than talking to him about some concerns.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Did you do anything other than sports phone in Vegas?

    Two for the Money (2005)

  • It needs a little salt but other than that it is fantastic.

    Kara and Nate

  • People may take antidepressants for reasons other than depression, which may have influenced our results.

    Academic text (2013)

  • He has no plans other than to relax at home this weekend.

Synonyms

except
vsother than
∞ 1.0

Not including a person or thing

is the equivalent idea but expressed as a two word phrase
beside
vsother than
48 1.0

Except for someone or something

is the same idea but phrased as a two word expression
barring
vsother than
3.2

Unless something prevents it

gives a plain exclusion without adding a conditional exception

How Inclusive

to exclude
338 3.0
apart
253 1.0
except
∞ 1.0
other than
350 1.0

Surface Forms

other than main

Morphology

other + than

The meaning 'except for; apart from' is directly derivable from combining 'other' (different/distinct) with 'than' (used for comparison), which together signal exclusion or contrast. This is a common, compositionally regular comparative/contrastive pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Other than began as the simple idea of other meaning 'different' used with than to point out a difference. Imagine a row of cups: all are full other than one empty cup, so the phrase means 'except for' or 'apart from' that cup.