- else
- else·where;else;else·wheres;
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Else — may refer to:* Else (programming), a concept in computer programming * Else (song), a 1999 rock song * The Else , a 2007 alternative rock albumPeople with the given name Else:* Else Alfelt (1910 1974), Danish painter * Else Bugge Fougner (born… … Wikipedia
else — [ els ] adverb *** Else can be used in the following ways: after a pronoun such as something, nothing, anyone, or everyone : He married someone else. Is there anything else you wanted? after the adverbs somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
else — W1S1 [els] adv [: Old English; Origin: elles] 1.) [used after words beginning with some , every , any , and no , and after question words] a) besides or in addition to someone or something ▪ There s something else I d like to talk about as well.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
else — 1. The usual possessive forms are anybody else s, someone else s, etc., and not (for example) anybody s else, although this was used until the mid 19c: • They look to me like someone else s, to be frank Penelope Lively, 1987 • We would like to… … Modern English usage
Else — Else, a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. [ a]ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. ?. Cf. {Alias}, {Alien}.] Other; one or something beside; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Else — ist: eine Variante des weiblichen Vornamens Elisabeth, siehe Else (Vorname) der Titel einer 1924 erschienenen Novelle von Arthur Schnitzler, siehe Fräulein Else der Titel eines Märchens der Brüder Grimm, siehe Die kluge Else ein Wasserweib aus… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Else — Bifurcation de la rivière Hase à Melle en Basse Saxe avec la rivière Else à droite. Caractéristiques Longueur 35,2 km … Wikipédia en Français
Else — Else, adv. & conj. 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else. [1913 Webster] 2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. [1913 Webster] For thou desirest not sacrifice; else… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
else — [els] adj. [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,… … English World dictionary
else — O.E. elles other, otherwise, different, from P.Gmc. *aljaz (Cf. Goth. aljis other, O.H.G. eli lenti, O.E. el lende, both meaning in a foreign land; see also ALSACE (Cf. Alsace)), an adverbial genitive of the neuter of PIE root *al beyond (Cf. Gk … Etymology dictionary
