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nowhere
English
Etymology
no +? where
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?no?.(h)w??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n??.w??/
- Hyphenation: no?where
Adverb
nowhere (not comparable)
- In no place.
- Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.
- To no place.
- We sat in traffic, going nowhere.
Translations
Adjective
nowhere (not comparable)
- Unimportant; unworthy of notice.
Antonyms
- everywhere
Derived terms
- nowhere dense
- nowhere dense set
Noun
nowhere (plural nowheres)
- No particular place, noplace.
- They went on a cruise to nowhere.
Derived terms
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- middle of nowhere
- Nowheresville
Related terms
- anywhere, anyplace
- everywhere, everyplace
- somewhere, someplace
- nobody, no one
- nothing
Anagrams
- whereon
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else
English
Etymology
From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?élyos, from *h?el- (“other”).
Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic ???????????????????? (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ????? (állos), Arcadocypriot ????? (aîlos), modern Greek ?????? (alliós, “otherwise, else”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /?ls/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /?lts/
- Rhymes: -?ls
Adjective
else (not comparable)
- (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
- The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- Prospero:
- Thou hast done well, fine Ariel. Follow me;
- Hark what thou else shalt do me.
Usage notes
- This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
else (not comparable)
- (follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.
- How else (=in what other way) can it be done?
- I'm busy Friday; when else (=what other time) works for you?
Usage notes
- (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, whyever, and whenever.
Synonyms
- otherwise
Derived terms
- or else
Translations
Conjunction
else
- For otherwise; or else.
- Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
- 1903, Jack London, The Call of the Wild, Grosset & Dunlap, page 44:
- […] and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.
Translations
See also
- and
- if
- not
- or
- then
Anagrams
- EELS, ELEs, Lees, Slee, eels, l'ees, lees, lese, seel, sele
Italian
Noun
else f
- plural of elsa
Anagrams
- lese
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