SOMEWHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somewhere mean? 

• SOMEWHERE (noun)
  The noun SOMEWHERE has 1 sense:

1. an indefinite or unknown location

  Familiarity information: SOMEWHERE used as a noun is very rare.

• SOMEWHERE (adverb)
  The adverb SOMEWHERE has 1 sense:

1. in or at or to some place

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMEWHERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indefinite or unknown location

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

they moved to somewhere in Spain

Hypernyms ("somewhere" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

• SOMEWHERE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In or at or to some place

Synonyms:

someplace; somewhere

Context example:

she must be somewhere

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

The boat was now somewhere south of the Suez Canal on her way to Australia.

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

It was last night, sir, somewhere about twelve.

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

She had lost her mother before her father; and where her father's grave was no one knew, except that it was somewhere in the depths of the sea.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A loud thudding noise came from somewhere downstairs.

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

"I want to go away somewhere this winter for a change."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I saw nothing, but I heard a voice somewhere cry—"Jane! Jane! Jane!"—nothing more.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The Szgany are quartered somewhere in the castle and are doing work of some kind.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Because Spencer is taking him somewhere.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I broke with the life academic and I had to go somewhere.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)