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ELSEWHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elsewhere mean? 

ELSEWHERE (adverb)
  The adverb ELSEWHERE has 1 sense:

1. in or to another placeplay

  Familiarity information: ELSEWHERE used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELSEWHERE (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In or to another place

Context example:

look elsewhere for the answer


 Context examples 


It is vain to look elsewhere for tracks in this dry weather, but at that point there is certainly a chance of some record being left.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“If you can do nothing better than laugh at me, I can go elsewhere.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This giant could store as much carbon as an entire hectare of rainforest elsewhere in the Amazon.

(Expedition finds tallest tree in the Amazon, University of Cambridge)

If you’ve been frustrated by not being able to secure a raise or better offer elsewhere, that will all change now and in the weeks and months ahead.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

So be it that he has gone elsewhere.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Denotes the inhabitants of Iraq, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Iraqi, NCI Thesaurus)

I gave him minute directions for finding the residence of Mr. Barkis, carrier to Blunderstone and elsewhere; and, on this understanding, went out alone.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

These are most often associated with the uterine mucosa and the ovary as well as the hematopoietic system and elsewhere.

(Murine Stromal Cells, NCI Thesaurus)

When they did not find such mutations elsewhere, it was clear that they were onto something new.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)

Such patterns can be observed elsewhere in nature.

(Plants can tell time even without a brain, University of Cambridge)



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