Meanings
alternative OTOH
- idiomaticsequenceFrom another point of view.
Well yes, it was quite a good bargain; on the other hand, do we really need one?
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Its external relations, on the one hand to dynamics, and on the other to heat, light, chemical action, and the constitution of bodies, seem to indicate the special importance of electrical science as an aid to the interpretation of nature.
1873, James Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and MagnetismThus the study of the language he is supposed to use, to the average American, takes on a sort of bilingual character. On the one hand, he is grounded abominably in a grammar and syntax that have always been largely artificial, even in the country where they are supposed to prevail, and on the other hand he has to pick up the essentials of his actual speech as best he may.
[1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 1, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC1950, Bertrand Russell, acceptance speech for Nobel Prize in Literature I maintain, however, on the one hand, that there are few occasions upon which large bodies of men, such as politics is concerned with, can rise above selfishness, while, on the other hand, there are a very great many circumstances in which populations will fall below selfishness, if selfishness is interpreted as enlightened self-interest.
In the Southern Region of British Railways, most of the damage was caused by earthslips which blocked one or both roads. Obstructions occurred at 21 places in the London Eastern District, and at 18 places in London Central District. On the other hand, the London Western District escaped comparatively lightly.
1958 November 28, “Storm Damage in the Home Counties”, in Railway Magazine, page 746The host of business travellers between Bishops Stortford and London would scarcely take kindly to devious routing via the Southbury line; on the other hand, it is not desirable that they should overcrowd the business trains to and from Cambridge.
1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 19Synonyms: but, however, still, then again, yet, conversely, vice versa, on the flipside
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseFrom another point of view.
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Translations
Arabic من ناحية أخرى, من جهة أخرى
- من ناحية أخرىfrom another point of view
- من جهة أخرىfrom another point of view
Bulgarian от дру́га страна́
- от дру́га страна́ (ot drúga straná)from another point of view
Catalan per altra banda, d'altra banda
- per altra bandafrom another point of view
- d'altra bandafrom another point of view
Chinese Mandarin 另一方面, 反過來 /反过来
- 另一方面 (lìngyī fāngmiàn)from another point of view
- 反過來 /反过来 (fǎnguòlái)from another point of view
Czech na druhou stranu, z druhé strany
- na druhou stranufrom another point of view
- z druhé stranyfrom another point of view
Danish på den anden side
- på den anden sidefrom another point of view
Dutch daarentegen, anderzijds
- daarentegenfrom another point of view
- anderzijdsfrom another point of view
Esperanto aliflanke
- aliflankefrom another point of view
Finnish toisaalta
- toisaaltafrom another point of view
French d'un autre côté, en revanche
- d'un autre côtéfrom another point of view
- en revanchefrom another point of view
- par contrefrom another point of view
- cela ditfrom another point of view
German auf der anderen Seite, andererseits
- auf der anderen Seitefrom another point of view
- andererseitsfrom another point of view
- hingegenfrom another point of view
- zum anderenfrom another point of view
Greek από την άλλη, από την άλλη πλευρά
- από την άλλη (apó tin álli)from another point of view
- από την άλλη πλευρά (apó tin álli plevrá)from another point of view
- αφετέρου (afetérou)from another point of view
Hebrew מֵאִידָךְ גִּיסָא, מִצַּד שֵׁנִי
- מֵאִידָךְ גִּיסָא (meiydákh gisá)from another point of view
- מִצַּד שֵׁנִי (mitsád shení)from another point of view
Hindi दूसरी ओर
- दूसरी ओर (dūsrī or)from another point of view
Hungarian másrészt, másfelől
- másrésztfrom another point of view
- másfelőlfrom another point of view
- viszontfrom another point of view
Icelandic hins vegar, á hinn bóginn
- hins vegarfrom another point of view
- á hinn bóginnfrom another point of view
- að hinu leytinufrom another point of view
- aftur á mótifrom another point of view
Irish os a choinne sin, ar an lámh eile
- os a choinne sinfrom another point of view
- ar an lámh eilefrom another point of view
Italian dall'altro, dall'altro lato
- dall'altrofrom another point of view
- dall'altro latofrom another point of view
Japanese その反面, 他方
- その反面 (sono hanmen)from another point of view
- 他方 (tahō)from another point of view
Korean 또 한편, 반면에
- 또 한편 (tto hanpyeon)from another point of view
- 반면에 (banmyeone)from another point of view
Latin contra, autem
- contrafrom another point of view
- autemfrom another point of view
Māori manohi, manohi anō
- manohifrom another point of view
- manohi anōfrom another point of view
- kāpāfrom another point of view
Norwegian på den annen side
- på den annen sidefrom another point of view
Persian از طرف دیگر, از سویی دیگر
- از طرف دیگر (az taraf-e digar)from another point of view
- از سویی دیگر (az suyi digar)from another point of view
Polish z drugiej strony, natomiast
- z drugiej stronyfrom another point of view
- natomiastfrom another point of view
Portuguese por outro lado
- por outro ladofrom another point of view
Romanian pe de altă parte
- pe de altă partefrom another point of view
Russian с друго́й стороны́, зато́
- с друго́й стороны́ (s drugój storoný)from another point of view
- зато́ (zató)from another point of view
Scottish Gaelic air an làimh eile
- air an làimh eilefrom another point of view
Spanish por otro lado, por otra parte
- por otro ladofrom another point of view
- por otra partefrom another point of view
- por contrafrom another point of view
Swedish å andra sidan, däremot
- å andra sidanfrom another point of view
- däremotfrom another point of view
Tagalog sa kabilang banda
- sa kabilang bandafrom another point of view
Turkish diğer taraftan, ancak
- diğer taraftanfrom another point of view
- ancakfrom another point of view
- diğer yandanfrom another point of view
- ne var kifrom another point of view
- gel gelelimfrom another point of view
Ukrainian з і́ншого боку
- з і́ншого боку (z ínšoho boku)from another point of view
Urdu دُوسْرِی طَرَف, دُوسْرِی اور
- دُوسْرِی طَرَف (dūsrī taraf)from another point of view
- دُوسْرِی اور (dūsrī or)from another point of view
Vietnamese mặt khác
- mặt khácfrom another point of view
Welsh ar y llaw arall
- ar y llaw arallfrom another point of view
Cite this entry
on the other hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20other%20hand
“on the other hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20other%20hand. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the other hand,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20other%20hand.
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