Definitions for else
ɛlselse

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. elseadverb

   Otherwise, if not.

2. elseadjective

   Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

3. elseconjunction

   For otherwise; or else.

   Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.

4. elseconjunction

   but if the condition of the previous if clause is false, do the following.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elseadverb

   Otherwise.

   Dare not, on thy life,
   Touch ought of mine beside, by lot my due,
   But stand aloof, and think profane to view:
   This faulchion, else, not hitherto withstood,
   These hostile fields shall fatten with thy blood. Dryden.

   What ways are there whereby we should be assured, but either by an internal impression of the notion of a God upon our minds, or else by such external and visible effects as our reason tells us must be attributed to some cause. John Tillotson, Serm.

   2. Beside; except that mentioned.

   Pleasures which no where else were to be found,
   And all Elysium in a spot of ground. Dryden.

2. Elsepronoun.

   Other; one besides: it is applied both to persons and things.

   Etymology: elles, Saxon.

   To stand stained with travel, and sweating with desire to see him; thinking of nothing else, putting all affairs else in oblivion, as if there were nothing else to be done but to see him. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   Should he or any else search, he will find evidence of the Divine Wisdom. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   He says, ’twas then with him, as now with you;
   He did it when he had nothing else to do. John Denham.

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1. else

   In programming, "else" is a keyword used to indicate an alternative block of code that should be executed if a given condition is not met or if no other condition is fulfilled. It is commonly used in conjunction with an "if" statement to specify the actions to be taken when the condition in the "if" statement evaluates to false.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Else

   other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

2. Else

   besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else

3. Else

   otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different

4. Etymology: [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. . Cf. Alias, Alien.]

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1. Else

   The Else is a left tributary of the river Werre in the northeast of North Rhine-Westphalia and in southern Lower Saxony. The Else is a distributary of the river Hase and begins at a river bifurcation near Melle.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Else

   els, pron. other.—adv. otherwise: besides: except that mentioned.—advs. Else′where, in or to another place; Else′wise, in a different manner: otherwise. [A.S. elles, otherwise—orig. gen. of el, other; cf. Old High Ger. alles or elles.]

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1. ELSE

   What does ELSE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the ELSE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ELSE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Else is ranked #24031 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Else surname appeared 1,049 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Else.
   
   79.9% or 839 total occurrences were White.
   12.1% or 127 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 29 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.7% or 29 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'else' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #553

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'else' in Written Corpus Frequency: #236

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'else' in Adverbs Frequency: #62

Anagrams for else »

1. eels

2. lees

3. lese

4. seel

5. sele

6. slee

How to pronounce else?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say else in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of else in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of else in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of else in a Sentence

1. Jennifer Cassetta:

   Use cross body bags or backpacks so your hands are free to protect yourself, someone else or to make a call, carrying shopping bags with both hands decreases your chances of self-protection.

2. Sheila Caldwell:

   Millions of people around the world continue to die from a largely preventable disease, denial is our biggest enemy in the fight against heart disease… It is always someone else.

3. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   It's just wrong. It's factually wrong, everybody else can figure out what they think is outrageous or not outrageous -- in the context of Donald, outrageous is a high bar.

4. James Clapper:

   It's a particularly acute issue here with President Donald Trump, who I think as more time has elapsed in his tenure, feels more and more confident that, you know, he doesn't really need any advice from anybody and he's smarter than everybody else.

5. Adam Schiff:

   They don't trust her because what they found out about the server and everything else, would you ever have found that out had you not gathered the information from Benghazi Select Committee?

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Else
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=else
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/else
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=else
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=else
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html