else

[Else]

Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.

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Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

Adjective S.
other than what is under consideration or implied; "ask somebody else"; "I don''t know what else to do"; "where else can we look?"

Adverb
(usually used with `or'') if not, then; "watch your step or else you may fall"; "leave or else I''ll get angry"

Adverb
additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything else"; "I don''t know where else to look"; "when else can we have the party?"; "couldn''t decide how else it could be done"


a. & pron.
Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

adv. & conj.
Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

adv. & conj.
Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.


Else

Else , a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. '84ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. . Cf. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? "Bastards and else." Shak. &hand; This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. "A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case." G. Eliot. "A suit of clothes like everybody else's." Thackeray.

Else

Else, adv. & conj. 1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else. 2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it.
&hand; After 'bfor', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. "Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?" Shak.

Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?

Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.

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Usage Examples

A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.

A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.

'Do What You Gotta Do' is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is whether you're up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A good listener is usually thinking about something else.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin what else does a man need to be happy?

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

A lot of what I've been learning in the last two years is due to therapy - about my sexuality, why things go wrong, why relationships haven't worked. It isn't anything to do with anybody else it's to do with me.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan.

'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.

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