or else

else

 (ĕls)

adj.

1. Other; different: Ask somebody else.

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

adv.

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?

Idiom:

or else

1. Used to indicate an alternative: We need to eat the leftovers or else buy more food.

2. Used to indicate negative consequences that will result if an action is not followed: We need to pay the bill, or else the electricity will be shut off.

3. Used after a command or demand to make a threat: Be there on time, or else!

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[Middle English elles, from Old English; see al- 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? · Sometimes the or is dropped from or else so that else functions as a conjunction, as in George Eliot's "My brother is poor, and I want to look as much like him as I can, else he may feel distant from me." This usage is rare in Standard American English, however, and sounds informal or dialectal. See Usage Note at who.

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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

or else - in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car" alternatively, instead

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Translations

وإلا

eller ogsåellersi modsat fald

sonst

ειδάλλως

sinon

vagy különbenvagy pedig

annars; aî öîrum kosti; eîa òá aî

in caso contrariooppurese no

ellers

ya dayoksa

否则

else

(els) adjective, adverb

besides; other than that already mentioned. What else can I do? Can we go anywhere else?; He took someone else's pencil. anders أيْضا، آخَر друг outro andere anden; andet; ellers άλλος, αλλού, αλλιώςmás, otro veel, muu, teine دیگر muu autre, de plusאחר अन्य drugi más, egyéb selain itu annar; öðru vísi; annars altro, di più そのほかに 그 밖의 dar vēl; bez tam; cits lain andersellers, annen, annet, merjeszcze, poza tym بل،نور outro altceva; alt кроме; еще iný; inde drugi; še drugi annars, mer, annan, annat นอกจากนี้ başka, ...-dan başka 其他的，別的，另外的 ще مزید ، علاوہ thêm vào hoặc ngoài (cái đã được đề cập) 其他的，别的，另外的

ˌelseˈwhere adverb

in, or to, another place; somewhere or anywhere else. You must look elsewhere if you want a less tiring job. waar anders في مَكانٍ آخَر، إلى مَكانٍ آخَر другаде em outro lugar jinde anderswo et andet sted; andet sted hen; andetsteds αλλούen otro sitio, en otra parte mujal, mujale جای دیگر؛ مکان دیگر muualle ailleurs בְּמָקוֹם אָחֶר और कहीं drugdje máshol, másutt; máshová di tempat lain annars staðar; á annan stað altrove どこかよそに 어딘지 다른 곳에서 kur nors kitur kaut kur citur tempat lain elderset annet sted, andre stedergdzie indziej بل ځای noutro lugar în altă parte где-нибудь ещё (в другом месте) inde drugje negde drugde någon annanstans, annorstädes ที่อื่น ๆ başka yer(d)e 在別處，去別處 в іншому місці; в інше місце کہیں اور tại hoặc tới một nơi nào khác 在别处，到别处

or else

otherwise. He must have missed the train – or else he's ill. of anders وإلا или ou então nebo sonst eller også; ellers; i modsat fald αλλιώςsi no, o si no vastasel korral وگرنه؛ در غیر این صورت muuten sinon אָחֶרֶת - अन्यथा drukčije vagy (pedig), vagy különben kalau tidak annars; að öðrum kosti; eða þá að altrimenti さもないと 다른 경우라면 priešingu atveju, arba pretējā gadījumā; citādi atau sebaliknya andersellersw przeciwnym razie په بل توګه ou então sau dacă nu или же inak sicer ili eller också (annars) มิฉะนั้น yoksa, ya da 否則 інакше ورنہ nếu không 否则

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