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The definition of else is a different person or thing, or something more.

(adjective)

An example of else is running into someone other than who you were expecting to see; someone else.
An example of else is asking what more can be added at the end of something said; what else.

Else is defined as in a different way, place or time.

(adverb)

An example of else is blowing up a balloon with a different gas; what else can I use?

See else in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

different; other: somebody else
in addition; more: is there anything else?

Origin: ME & OE elles, adv. gen. of n. base el-, other (as in OE el-land, foreign land), akin to Goth aljis, OHG elles, of same formation < IE base *al-, that, yonder one > L alius, another, alienus, belonging to another, Gr allos, other

adverb

in a different or additional time, place, or manner; differently; otherwise: where else can I go?
if not: study, (or) else you will fail

See else in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Other; different: Ask somebody else.
Additional; more: Would you like anything else?

adverb

In a different or additional time, place, or manner: I always do it this way and I don't know how else it could be done. Where else do you want to go besides Miami?
If not; otherwise: Be careful, or else you will make a mess.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English elles

Origin: , from Old English; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots

Usage Note: Else is often used redundantly in combination with prepositions such as but, except, and besides. The sentence No one else but Sam saw the accident would thus be better without else. • When a pronoun is followed by else, the possessive form is generally written with the 's following else: That must be someone else's (not someone's else) book. Both who else's and whose else are in use, but not whose else's: Who else's book could it have been? Whose else could it have been? See Usage Notes at who, whose.

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