somewhere

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/ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/

adv 3noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

easy, left, lost, warm

I left my keys somewhere in the house this morning.

VERB + SOMEWHERE

break, come, coming, draw, drink, go, going, gone

We need to go somewhere quiet where we can talk about what happened.

SOMEWHERE + NOUN

airport, calculations, life, mountain, music, room

I heard beautiful music coming from somewhere in the apartment but couldn't find where.

PREP.

around, down, from, in, on, with

I left my keys somewhere around the house yesterday and still haven't found them.

Definitions

adv

In an uncertain or unspecified location.

I must have left my glasses somewhere.

I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.

To an uncertain or unspecified location.

He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.

I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?

At some unspecified point.

I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300.

When a train has to ascend the incline, it first runs down, engine first, from the station about 60 or 70 yards. Then comes behind it the aforesaid truck, or one similar, which, being attached to an endless wire rope, a communication is made by means of the electric telegraph to the engineman at the top of the incline, when the fixed engine begins to work, and the train, partly pulled by the locomotive before, and partly pushed by the truck behind, rapidly ascends, taking somewhere about three minutes to get up.

noun

Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.

We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will go on, and on, and on.

A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off.

A person with strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in or at or to some place

someplace

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

get one's butt somewhere

Go somewhere, especially quickly.

Get your butt here this instant! You're in big trouble!

somewhere along the line

At some point in a process or in a series of events; at some unspecified or unknown time; eventually.

[I]t was only a question of time, after all, when the forgery would be discovered. […] "Somewhere along the line that check has been stolen and raised to twenty-five thousand dolla

somewhere over the rainbow

In an unknown, hypothetical, or very distant place.

Perhaps somewhere over the rainbow there is a land where equality and justice are colorblind, where no one is the other, where no one by virtue of race, gender, or sexual orientati

it's five o'clock somewhere

Used as an excuse for drinking alcoholic beverages outside of customary hours.

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I must have left my glasses somewhere.

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I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.

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He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.

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We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will

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A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off.

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[…] and it transports the person to a somewhere, a somewhere that the music dictates.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, somewhere is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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