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elsewhere

adverb

  1. in another location
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɛlsˈʍɛə/ / /ˌɛlsˈwɛə/ / /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/

adv

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. 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.

noun

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. Synonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.

    We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds of elsewheres.