else

[US]/els/
[UK]/ɛls/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in addition; in addition to what has been said; otherwise
adj. different; other; additional

Phrases & Collocations

something else

everyone else

anywhere else

someone else

anything else

or else

nothing else

somebody else

all else

somewhere else

anybody else

nobody else

who else

nothing else than

Example Sentences

Who else's? (= Whose else ?)

Be there on time or else!

No one else but Sam saw the accident (omit else ). ·

all else pales by comparison.

knocking off someone else's ideas.

I haven't told anyone else yet.

Was that someone else aware of the accident?

Make haste, or (else) you'll be late.

everybody else (=all the others)

What else did she say?

Little else remains to be done.

Little else remains to be done today.

She is senior to everyone else in the company.

What else did they say?

Who else's raincoat can this be?

There was something else eating at him.

Be careful, or else you will make a mistake.

That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork.

plagiarise someone else’s ideas

Real-world Examples

Is there anywhere else I could try?

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 9

Does the pain seem to move anywhere else?

Source: Doctor-Patient Conversation in English

I actually have plans of moving somewhere else.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

Meanwhile, there's no scientific revolution anywhere else.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

Why not try to apply it somewhere else?

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

Some of the species don't exist anywhere else.

Source: Environment and Science

Don't you have somewhere else to be a nitwit?

Source: Anime news

Are you busy because we can go somewhere else?

Source: Never learn English.

Is there anything else anyone else wants to say?

Source: Grandparents' Business English Class

Do you want this taxi to stop somewhere else?

Source: Our Day This Season 1

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