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else (els)

adjective

  1. different; other somebody else
  2. in addition; more is there anything else?

Etymology: 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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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