else

else  (ls)

adj.

1. Other; different: Ask somebody else.

2. Additional; more: Would you like anything else?

adv.

1. In a different or additional time, place, or manner: I always do it this way and I don't know how else it could be done. Where else do you want to go besides Miami?

2. If not; otherwise: Be careful, or else you will make a mess.

Idiom:

or else

Regardless of any extenuating circumstances: Be there on time or else!

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[Middle English elles, from Old English; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: Else is often used redundantly in combination with prepositions such as but, except, and besides. The sentence No one else but Sam saw the accident would thus be better without else.·When a pronoun is followed by else, the possessive form is generally written with the 's following else: That must be someone else's (not someone's else) book. Both who else's and whose else are in use, but not whose else's: Who else's book could it have been? Whose else could it have been? See Usage Notes at who, whose.

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else

Adverb

1. in addition or more: what else do you want to know?

2. other or different: it was unlike anything else that had happened

3. or else

a. if not, then: tell us soon or else we shall go mad

b. Informal or something terrible will result: used as a threat: do it our way or else [Old English elles]

Translations

else [ɛls] adv or else → si no;

something else → otra cosa or algo más;

somewhere else → en otra parte;

everywhere else → en los demás sitios;

everyone else → todos los demás;

nothing else → nada más;

is there anything else I can do? → ¿puedo hacer algo más?;

where else? → ¿dónde más?, ¿en qué otra parte?;

there was little else to do → apenas quedaba otra cosa que hacer;

nobody else → nadie más

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else [ɛls] adv → d'autre;

something else → quelque chose d'autre, autre chose;

somewhere else → ailleurs, autre part;

everywhere else → partout ailleurs;

everyone else → tous les autres;

nothing else → rien d'autre;

is there anything else I can do? → est-ce que je peux faire quelque chose d'autre?;

where else? → à quel autre endroit?;

little else → pas grand-chose d'autre

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else [ɛls] adv → andere(r, s);

something else → etwas anderes;

somewhere else → woanders, anderswo;

everywhere else → sonst überall;

where else? → wo sonst?;

is there anything else I can do? → kann ich sonst noch etwas tun?;

there was little else to do → es gab nicht viel anderes zu tun;

everyone else → alle anderen;

nobody else spoke → niemand anders sagte etwas, sonst sagte niemand etwas

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else [ɛls] adv → altro;

something else → qualcos'altro;

somewhere else → altrove;

everywhere else → in qualsiasi altro luogo;

where else? → in quale altro luogo?;

little else → poco altro;

everyone else → tutti gli altri;

nothing else → nient'altro;

or else (= otherwise) → altrimenti;

is there anything else I can do? → posso fare qualcos'altro?