else
else definition
else (els)
adjective
- different; other somebody else
- 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
- in a different or additional time, place, or manner; differently; otherwise where else can I go?
- 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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