Definition of else Else

/ɛˈls/ - [els] - else

We found 9 definitions of else from 5 different sources.

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What does else mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • else (a. & pron.)
    Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?
  • else (adv. & conj.)
    Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
  • else (adv. & conj.)
    Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • else
    Not the same.
  • else
    In another way.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • else
    els, pron. other.—adv. otherwise: besides: except that mentioned.—advs. Else′where, in or to another place; Else′wise, in a different manner: otherwise. [A.S. elles, otherwise—orig. gen. of el, other; cf. Old High Ger. alles or elles.]

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  • else, adjective.

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