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Definitions for elsewhere
ˈɛlsˌʰwɛər, -ˌwɛərelse·wher·e

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. elsewhereadverb

    in or to another place

    "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

Wiktionary

  1. elsewherenoun

    A place other than here; somewhere else.

  2. elsewhereadverb

    In or at some other place; away.

    These particular trees are not to be found elsewhere.

  3. elsewhereadverb

    To some other place.

    If you won't serve us, we'll go elsewhere.

  4. Etymology: From elles + hwær; corresponding with else + where.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Elsewhereadverb

    Etymology: else and where.

    There are here divers trees, which are not to be found elsewhere. George Abbot, Description of the World.

    As he proved that Pison was not Ganges, or Gehon, Nilus; so where to find them elsewhere he knew not. Walter Raleigh, Hist.

    For, if we chance to fix our thoughts elsewhere,
    Though our eyes open be, we cannot see. Davies.

    Henceforth oracles are ceas’d,
    And thou no more with pomp and sacrifice
    Shalt be enquir’d at Delphos, or elsewhere. Paradise Reg.

    Although seasoned bodies may and do live near as long in London as elsewhere, yet new-comers and children do not. John Graunt, Bills of Mortality.

    They which elsewhere complain, that disgrace and injury is offered to the meanest minister, when the magistrate appointeth him what to wear, think the gravest prelates no competent judges to appoint where it is fit for the minister to stand. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 29.

    Let us no more contend, nor blame
    Each other, blam’d enough elsewhere. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

    Bestow, base man, thy idle threats elsewhere;
    My mother’s daughter knows not how to fear. Dryden.

    If it contradict what he says elsewhere, it is no new or strange thing. John Tillotson, Preface.

ChatGPT

  1. elsewhere

    Elsewhere refers to a place or location that is different from the current one. It signifies in, at, or to some other place or other places. It's often used when the particular place is not specified or known.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Elsewhereadverb

    in any other place; as, these trees are not to be found elsewhere

  2. Elsewhereadverb

    in some other place; in other places, indefinitely; as, it is reported in town and elsewhere

Wikidata

  1. Elsewhere

    Elsewhere: An Anthology of Incredible Places is the third short story anthology published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2003 and edited by Michael Barry, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'elsewhere' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1828

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'elsewhere' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2392

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'elsewhere' in Adverbs Frequency: #157

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of elsewhere in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of elsewhere in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of elsewhere in a Sentence

  1. Boris Zilberman:

    Russia must know that The US will not allow The United States to militarize international waterways in key areas such as the Black Sea, the Sea of Japan or Okhotsk, or elsewhere.

  2. National Security Agency:

    Certainly Russia has become a master at manipulating information for their strategic goals: Witness the information bubble they have created for their threatening behavior in the Crimea, the Ukraine and elsewhere, a step like this, however, would be really upping their game.

  3. New Mexico:

    Of course, there is precedent for our Republican electors meeting on December 14, even as the Democrat electors for Arizona also meet elsewhere, in the end, Hawaii’s electoral votes were awarded to President Kennedy, even though he did not win the state until 11 days after his electors cast their votes.

  4. Bob Goodlatte:

    I think that the message should go to people in Central America and elsewhere in the world that there are better ways to apply for asylum in the United States than to come across the border illegally.

  5. Hans Gruenfeld:

    The Dutch are trying to get companies to suddenly move faster than elsewhere in Europe. There's a large chance that will only shift production abroad, without reducing CO2 emissions on an international scale.

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