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ELSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does else mean?
• ELSE (adjective)
The adjective ELSE has 1 sense:
1. other than what is under consideration or implied
Familiarity information: ELSE used as an adjective is very rare.
• ELSE (adverb)
The adverb ELSE has 2 senses:
1. additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner
2. (usually used with 'or') if not, then
Familiarity information: ELSE used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Other than what is under consideration or implied
Context examples:
ask somebody else / I don't know what else to do / where else can we look?
Similar:
other (not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner
Context examples:
nobody else is here / she ignored everything else / I don't know where else to look / when else can we have the party? / couldn't decide how else it could be done
Sense 2
Meaning:
(usually used with 'or') if not, then
Context examples:
watch your step or else you may fall / leave or else I'll get angry
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