else

else · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In addition; besides.

  2. 2.

    Different; instead.

  3. 3.

    Otherwise; if not.

  4. 4.

    Different; other (used after pronouns and adverbs).

Related words

See also: another, other, otherwise
Synonyms: additionally, besides, otherwise

Etymology

From Old English elles meaning "otherwise, in another manner, besides," from Proto-Germanic aljas meaning "other." The word has been used as an adverb following interrogatives and indefinites since Old English.