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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Meaning of "the other day" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE OTHER DAY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE OTHER DAY

the Oligocene
the Omnipotent
the one
the Oneida
the only
the open
the Open College
the Open University
the opposite sex
the opposition
the order
the ordnance
the Ordovician
the Orient
the other
the other place
the other side of the coin
the other thing
the others
the outward man

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE OTHER DAY

at the end of the day
bad hair day
calendar day
day after day
day by day
from day to day
good day
mean solar day
officer of the day
on day
order of the day
per day
quarter day
rainy day
red-letter day
solar day
that will be the day
Valentine´s day
wedding day
working day

Synonyms and antonyms of the other day in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the other day» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE OTHER DAY

Find out the translation of the other day to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the other day from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the other day» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前些天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el otro día
570 millions of speakers

English

the other day
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दूसरे दिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في اليوم الآخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на днях
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Outro dia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্য দিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´autre jour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

hari lain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neulich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先日
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다른 일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing dina liyane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngày khác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மற்ற நாள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इतर दिवशी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diğer gün
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

l´altro giorno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drugi dzień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

днями
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ieri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

την άλλη μέρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die ander dag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

häromdagen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

den andre dagen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the other day

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE OTHER DAY»

The term «the other day» is very widely used and occupies the 541 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE OTHER DAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the other day» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the other day» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the other day

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE OTHER DAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the other day.
1
John Badham
One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible.
2
Chris Bailey
I was listening to the first record the other day, and it sounds remarkably contemporary.
3
Adrienne Bailon
Do you know how many times my career has been close to rock bottom? Each time, I was like, 'Girl, figure it out. Reinvent yourself.' Just the other day, I was having lunch with my mom, and she said, 'You've taught me so much. You are so resilient.'
4
Ike Barinholtz
I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days. I watched Hillary Clinton on the news the other day, and I got choked up by Hillary Clinton.
5
Michael Biehn
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is a movie that I just find flawless. Jack Nicholson... I just saw 'The Shining' again the other day; he's so brilliant. He's such a brilliant actor, just unbelievable.
6
Hans Blix
They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import active uranium, and my colleague demonstrated the other day that they came to the conclusion that it was a fake document that everybody is relying upon.
7
Roy Blunt
Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once.
8
Lakhdar Brahimi
Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
9
Dennis Brown
Well, I heard of Sunny Ade, and looks as if his music is gonna be big on a global level, because I was in London the other day and some people asked me to review the album.
10
Neil Cavuto
The other day at a drive-through, I reminded the teenage girl serving me that she forgot my drinks. She looked at me, hissed, rolled her eyes, and then took her sweet time getting me the sodas.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE OTHER DAY»

Discover the use of the other day in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the other day and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Money Came by the House the Other Day: A Guide to Christian ...
Written by one of the nation's leading Christian CPA's, here is all you need to make short and long-term plans -- using principals found in the Bible.Bob teaches at churches and conferences, and has appeared on Christian television programs ...
Robert W. Katz, Jamie Katz, 2006
2
Poetry of Contemplation: John Donne, George Herbert, Henry ...
In "I walkt the other day," a poem variously like "The Morning- watch" and "Vanity of Spirit," the speaker again leaves his cell to walk outdoors in a field "to spend my hour" meditating upon "A gallant flowre," such meditation often preceding ...
Arthur L. Clements, 1990
3
Voegelin, Schelling, and the Philosophy of Historical Existence
The book will also appeal to readers with more general interests in the history and development of continental philosophy, political theory, and comparative religion over the past century.
Jerry Day, 2003
4
Henry Vaughan, the Achievement of Silex Scintillans
He writes: I walkt the other day (to spend my hour) Into a field Where I sometimes had seen the soil to yield A gallant flowre, But Winter now had ruffled all the bowre And curious store I knew there heretofore. The lines appear to be natural and ...
Thomas O. Calhoun, 1981
5
The Best Day & other stories
“You'd like some kind of explanation for my... hmm... behaviour towards you the other day?” “Fine... I'm all ears.” “Well as you know, I was on the park bench opposite yours. It turned out to be a hot day, so I took my shoes off to cool my feet.
Tommy Tudor
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New ...
I watched a Mott Street landlord, the owner of a row of barracks that have made no end of trouble for the health authorities for twenty years, solve that question for himself the other day. His way was to give the wretched pile a coat of paint, and ...
Jacob A. Riis, 2004
7
Acts of Narrative
... there would be nothing to interpret. Yet the day is far from being absent from these nocturnal phenomena. It enters into Freudian night-dreams in two regular manifestations, each The Other Day: The Interpretation of Daydreams Rachel Bowlby.
Carol Jacobs, Henry Sussman, 2003
8
The Other Side of Vietnam: Living with Post-Traumatic Stress ...
I really messed up the other day with jury duty. I thought it was mine, and I ended up being sick the day I was to be in court. I missed it. I started to look at the paperwork and realized it was not my jury duty; it was Derick's. I told him I was so sorry ...
Devan Starr, 2010
9
The Other Side of ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity ...
I was asked the other day whether I still find these stories moving, or whether I have just become used to them. The answer was that, yes, I have found myself moved by them, sometimes to tears and sometimes, like now, to action. This book  ...
Angela Southall, 2007
10
The Every-day Book and Table Book: Or, Everlasting Calendar ...
It is fair to say I have not seen it myself: it turned up the other day in an artist's sketch-book. He had taken it as an object, could tell no more than that he liked it, and, as I seemed struck by its appearance, but could not then go to look at it and  ...
William Hone, 1837

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE OTHER DAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the other day is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yes, That Was Jen Graves You Heard on NPR the Other Day
First of all, if you've never read Jen's 2011 feature "Deeply Embarrassed White People Talk Awkwardly About Race," you need to do that now. If you don't have ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
2
A former Ryder Cup golfer nearly drowned the other day
A member of the 2006 Ryder Cup team, who didn't qualify for the 2014 team, went overboard in his boat while fishing the other day and nearly drowned. «CBSSports.com, Sep 14»
3
Mark Watson: Never trust a comedian who says 'the other day …'
Never trust a comedian who says "The other day …": it could mean any of the last 34,000 "other" days. This little snippet is an example of the art of saying ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»

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