elsewhere
//ˌɛlsˈʍɛə//
Forms
- Plural
- elsewheres
Definitions
1.Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.
- If you won’t serve us, we’ll go elsewhere.
- These particular trees are not to be found elsewhere.
- Many monuments sold in the US are crafted from granite produced in China, India and elsewhere overseas, while a lot of stone-working equipment comes from Europe.
1.Synonym of somewhere else: a place other than here.
- We are back on the Ligurian coast, from which vertigos push human beings toward all kinds of elsewheres.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2534
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hwǣr and elles hwerġen (“elsewhere”); corresponding with else + where.
Cognate with Old High German alleswār (“elsewhere”), whence Middle High German alleswā, alswā (“elsewhere”).