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word else
definition
adjective
You use else after words such as ' anywhere ', 'someone', and 'what', to refer in a vague way to another person, place, or thing.
If I can't make a living at painting, at least I can teach someone else to paint.
We had nothing else to do on those long trips.
What else have you had for your birthday?
There's not much else I can say.
I never wanted to live anywhere else.
You use else after words such as 'everyone', 'everything', and ' everywhere ' to refer in a vague way to all the other people, things, or places except the one you are talking about.
As I try to be truthful, I expect everyone else to be truthful.
Batteries are in short supply, like everything else here.
London seems so much dirtier than everywhere else.
other
phrase
You use or else after stating a logical conclusion, to indicate that what you are about to say is evidence for that conclusion.
He must be a good plumber, or else he wouldn't be so busy.
Clearly no lessons have been learnt or else the problem would have been solved.
phrase
You use or else to introduce a statement that indicates the unpleasant results that will occur if someone does or does not do something.
This time we really need to succeed or else people will start giving us funny looks.
Make sure you are strapped in very well, or else you will fall out.
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You use or else to introduce the second of two possibilities when you do not know which one is true .
You are either a total genius or else you must be absolutely raving mad.
It's likely someone gave her a lift, or else that she took a taxi.
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