the other day

adverb

Recently; lately; a few days ago.

“I saw your friend William the other day. He says hi.”

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Meanings

adverb
  1. idiomaticRecently; lately; a few days ago.

    I saw your friend William the other day. He says hi.

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    Where were you the other day? We missed you down at the firehall.

    San Francisco, eh? That's funny, I was there just the other day.

    It was only the other day that Persia woke up from her age-long sleep at the call of the West to be instantly trampled into stillness by the Nation.

    1918, Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism, London: Macmillan

    Uh-oh. I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse.

    2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52
  2. PhilippinesThe day before yesterday.
noun
  1. Philippinesthe day before yesterday.

Translations

Afrikaans nou die dag, onlangs
  • nou die daglately
  • onlangslately
Arabic مُنْذُ بِضْعَةْ أَيَّام, بِالْأَمْس
  • مُنْذُ بِضْعَةْ أَيَّام (munḏu biḍʕat ʔayyām)lately
  • بِالْأَمْس (bi-l-ʔams)lately
  • مُنْذُ عَهْد قَرِيب (munḏu ʕahd qarīb)lately
  • مُنْذُ فَتْرَة قَرِيبَةlately
  • مُؤَخَّرًا (muʔaḵḵaran)lately
  • حَدِيثًا (ḥadīṯan)lately
Bulgarian онзи ден
  • онзи ден (onzi den)lately
Chinese Mandarin 前幾天 /前几天, 最近
  • 前幾天 /前几天 (qiánjǐtiān)lately
  • 最近 (zuìjìn)lately
  • 近日 (jìnrì)lately
Czech nedávno
  • nedávnolately
Dutch onlangs
  • onlangslately
Esperanto lastfoje
  • lastfojelately
Finnish äskettäin, hiljattain
  • äskettäinlately
  • hiljattainlately
  • eräänä päivänälately
  • tässä yhtenä päivänälately
French l'autre jour, récemment
  • l'autre jourlately
  • récemmentlately
  • ces derniers jourslately
  • dernièrementlately
German neulich, kürzlich
  • neulichlately
  • kürzlichlately
  • vor kurzemlately
  • in letzter Zeitlately
  • vor ein paar Tagenlately
Greek τις προάλλες
  • τις προάλλες (tis proálles)lately
Hungarian a minap, nemrég
  • a minaplately
  • nemréglately
  • a napokbanlately
Icelandic um daginn
  • um daginnlately
Irish an lá cheana, an lá eile
  • an lá cheanalately
  • an lá eilelately
  • an lá faoi dheireadhlately
Japanese 先日, この間
  • 先日 (senjitsu)lately
  • この間 (kono aida)lately
  • 最近 (saikin)lately
  • 先頃 (sakigoro)lately
Latin dudum, nūper
  • dudumlately
  • nūperlately
Norwegian her om dagen
  • her om dagenlately
Norwegian Bokmål for noen dager siden, nylig
  • for noen dager sidenlately
  • nyliglately
Persian اَخیراً, چَند روز پیش
  • اَخیراًlately
  • چَند روز پیشlately
  • به تازگیlately
Polish niedawno, ostatnio
  • niedawnolately
  • ostatniolately
  • kilka dni temulately
Portuguese esses dias, no outro dia
  • esses diaslately
  • no outro dialately
Russian на дня́х, неда́вно
  • на дня́х (na dnjáx)lately
  • неда́вно (nedávno)lately
  • не́сколько дней наза́д (néskolʹko dnej nazád)lately
  • наме́дни (namédni)lately
Scottish Gaelic an latha roimhe, an latha eile
  • an latha roimhelately
  • an latha eilelately
Spanish el otro día, recientemente
  • el otro díalately
  • recientementelately
Swahili juzijuzi
  • juzijuzilately
Swedish häromdagen
  • häromdagenlately
Turkish birkaç gün önce, geçen gün
  • birkaç gün öncelately
  • geçen günlately
  • geçenlerdelately
  • öteki günlately
Vietnamese hôm nọ
  • hôm nọlately
Yiddish אַנומלט
  • אַנומלט (anumlt)lately
Cite this entry
APA

the other day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20other%20day

MLA

“the other day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20other%20day. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the other day,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20other%20day.

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