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every other

person or thing every second or alternate person or thing. The magician turned every other card over. Every other table had an ashtray on it.

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every other something

omitting the next but including the one after that, as a series or repetition of something Our discussion group meets every other Friday at eight o'clock. It seems like every other shop in the village is a cafe.

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every other

happening or existing regularly on every second one of the things you are counting Our discussion group meets every other Friday at eight o'clock. Every other shelf on the bookcase was full of books.

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every other

Every second one in a series, as in I'm supposed to take this pill every other day. [c. 1400]

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every other

Each alternate: She went to visit her aunt every other week.

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