Else

  • 21else — [[t]e̱ls[/t]] ♦ 1) ADJ: pron indef/quest ADJ You use else after words such as anywhere , someone , and what , to refer in a vague way to another person, place, or thing. If I can t make a living at painting, at least I can teach someone else to… …

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  • 22else — /els/ adverb 1 who/what/why etc else or anything/someone/anywhere etc else a) besides or in addition to someone, something etc: I ve said I m sorry. What else can I do? | Who else was at the party? | Do you want anything else to eat? b) apart… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23else — /els/, adj. 1. other than the persons or things mentioned or implied: What else could I have done? 2. in addition to the persons or things mentioned or implied: Who else was there? 3. other or in addition (used in the possessive following an… …

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  • 24else — [[t]ɛls[/t]] adj. 1) other than those or that mentioned: What else could I do?[/ex] 2) in addition to those mentioned: Who else was there?[/ex] 3) other (used in the possessive following an indefinite pronoun): someone else s money[/ex] 4) if not …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25else */*/*/ — UK [els] / US adverb Summary: Else can be used in the following ways: after a pronoun such as something , nothing , anyone , or everyone : He married someone else. ♦ Is there anything else you wanted? after the adverbs somewhere , anywhere ,… …

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  • 26else — /ɛls / (say els) adverb 1. (following an indefinite or interrogative pronoun as an appositive). a. other than the person or the thing mentioned; instead: somebody else; who else? b. in addition: what else shall I do?; who else is going? 2.… …

  • 27else — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English elles, from Old English; akin to Latin alius other, alter other of two, Greek allos other Date: before 12th century 1. a. in a different manner or place or at a different time < how else could he have acted > < …

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  • 28else*/*/*/ — [els] adv used after question words, or words such as ‘anyone , ‘something , ‘everywhere , and ‘nobody , to mean ‘in addition or ‘other No one else was willing to help.[/ex] Would you like to go somewhere else?[/ex] What else have you been doing&#8230; …

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  • 29ELSE — adv. 1 (prec. by indef. or interrog. pron.) besides; in addition (someone else; nowhere else; who else). 2 instead; other, different (what else could I say?; he did not love her, but someone else). 3 otherwise; if not (run, (or) else you will be&#8230; …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30else — 1. adjective /ɛls,ɛlts/ Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. Can anyone else (=any other person) help me? 2. adverb /ɛls,ɛlts/ Otherwise, if not. How else (=in what other way) can it be done? Syn …

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