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elsewhere

adv
/ˌɛlsˈʍɛə/UK/ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/US/ˈɛls(h)weːɹ/CA

Etymology

From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hwǣr and elles hwerġen (“elsewhere”); corresponding with else + where. Cognate with Old High German alleswār (“elsewhere”), whence Middle High German alleswā, alswā (“elsewhere”).

  1. inherited from elles hwǣr
  2. inherited from elswher

Definitions

  1. Synonym of somewhere else

    Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.

    • If you won’t serve us, we’ll go elsewhere.
    • These particular trees are not to be found elsewhere.
    • Oh, had we some bright little isle of our own, / In a blue summer ocean far off and alone; / [...] / Where simply to feel that we breathe, that we live, / Is worth the best joys that life elsewhere can give.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for elsewhere. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA