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/ɛls/

adj 1adv 1conj 1name 1

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ADJ.

all, aware, busy, busy, other, right, same

I was too busy else to notice what time it got dark outside.

VERB + ELSE

ask, come, thinking

I didn't know what else to ask the doctor about my symptoms.

ELSE + NOUN

brook, disadvantages, discovery, less, world

There was nothing else in the world that mattered to her anymore.

PREP.

in, on, onto, than, than

I'd rather spend my money on something else than waste it on junk food.

ADV.

always

I always do my laundry on Sunday, but this week I had to do it else.

Definitions

adj

Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?

Whatever else she may be, she is not a surgeon.

adv

Otherwise, if not.

How else (= in what other way) can it be done?

I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?

conj

For otherwise; or else.

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

He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgetable lesson. It is true, it was a vicarious experience, else he would not have lived to profit by it.

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or else

Implies an unspecified threat if a preceding command is not fulfilled.

Clean up your room, or else!

if nothing else

At the very least; as a minimum.

Briefly, they had threatened to turn the game upside-down after Wayne Rooney’s first-ever World Cup goal made it 1-1 after 75 minutes. If nothing else, England had shown perseveran

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The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?

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Whatever else she may be, she is not a surgeon.

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When all else fails, read the instructions.

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How else (= in what other way) can it be done?

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I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?

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The crust of ice on the else rippling brook was so transparent, and so thin in texture, that the lively water might of its own free will have stopped—in Tom’s glad mind it had—to look upon the lovely

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