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somewhere

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some·where  (smhwâr, -wâr)
adv.
1. At, in, or to a place not specified or known: found it somewhere in the woods.
2. To a place or state of further development or progress: finally getting somewhere.
3. Approximately; roughly: somewhere about halfway through.
n.
An unknown or unspecified place: "A big dog, a hound with a strain of mastiff from somewhere" William Faulkner.

somewhere
Adverb
1. in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place, point, or amount: somewhere down south, somewhere between 35 and 45 per cent
2. getting somewhere Informal making progress
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.somewheresomewhere - an indefinite or unknown location; "they moved to somewhere in Spain"
location - a point or extent in space
Adv.1.somewhere - in or at or to some place; "she must be somewhere"; (`someplace' is used informally for `somewhere')
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Translations
Spanish somewhere [ˈsʌmwɛəʳ] adv [be] → en alguna parte; [go] → a alguna parte;
somewhere else [be] → en otra parte; [go] → a otra parte

French somewhere [ˈsʌmwɛəʳ] some advquelque part;
somewhere else → ailleurs, autre part

German somewhere [ˈsʌmwɛəʳ] adv [be] → irgendwo; [go] → irgendwohin;
somewhere (or other) in Scotland → irgendwo in Schottland;
somewhere else (be) → woanders;
(go) → woandershin

Italian somewhere [ˈsʌmwɛəʳ] advin or da qualche parte;
somewhere else → da qualche altra parte

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I should like to do what Wingrave has done--go away somewhere and rest.
Upon my life,' says Mortimer languidly, 'I find it immensely embarrassing to have the eyes of Europe upon me to this extent, and my only consolation is that you will all of you execrate Lady Tippins in your secret hearts when you find, as you inevitably will, the man from Somewhere a bore.
But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it.
 
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