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on the other hand

on the other hand prepositional phrase: from another point of view.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, sequence) From another point of view.
    • Well yes, it was quite a good bargain; on the other hand, do we really need one?
    • 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 Magnetism

on the other hand meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Odia

on the other hand in Hindi

from another point of view
दूसरी ओर dūsrī or

on the other hand in Urdu

from another point of view
دُوسْرِی طَرَف dūsrī taraf, دُوسْرِی اور dūsrī or

on the other hand in Kannada

ಅದಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಹಾಗಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಬದಲಿಗೆ, ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

on the other hand in Odia

from another point of view
କଅଁଣ ନାଁ Kaañṇa nāñ
More languagesFewer languages
on the other hand in Tagalog
sa kabilang banda
on the other hand in Arabic
من ناحية أخرى, من جهة أخرى
on the other hand in Persian
از طرف دیگر az taraf-e digar, از سویی دیگر az suyi digar
on the other hand in Vietnamese
mặt khác

Synonyms of on the other hand

All synonyms of on the other hand

Forms of on the other hand

alternative formOTOH

Questions about on the other hand

What does on the other hand mean?
On the other hand means from another point of view.
What is on the other hand in Hindi?
On the other hand in Hindi is दूसरी ओर (dūsrī or). See On the other hand meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is on the other hand?
On the other hand is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the other hand in the dictionary

  1. on the nut
  2. on the off chance
  3. on the one hand
  4. on the order of
  5. on the other bus
  6. on the other hand
  7. on the other paw
  8. on the other side of
  9. on the otherhand
  10. on the outlook
  11. on the outs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the other hand (page history and authors); on the other hand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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