"else" meaning in English

See else in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛls/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɛlts/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-else.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛls Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (other)}}, {{inh|en|enm|ells}} Middle English ells, {{inh|en|ang|elles||other, otherwise, different}} Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*alljas}} Proto-West Germanic *alljas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aljas||of another, of something else}} Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{cog|ofs|elles||other}} Old Frisian elles (“other”), {{cog|goh|elles}} Old High German elles, {{cog|da|eller||or}} Danish eller (“or”), {{cog|da|ellers||otherwise}} Danish ellers (“otherwise”), {{cog|sv|eljes}} Swedish eljes, {{cog|no|elles||else, otherwise}} Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), {{cog|got|𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃||other}} Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), {{cog|la|alius||other, another}} Latin alius (“other, another”), {{cog|grc|ἄλλος}} Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), {{grc-ark}} Arcadocypriot, {{cog|el|αλλιώς||otherwise, else}} Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} else (not comparable)
  1. (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. Tags: not-comparable, postpositional Translations (other): غَيْر (ḡayr) (Arabic), آخَر (ʔāḵar) (Arabic), més (Catalan), altre (Catalan), jiný (Czech), ostatní (Czech), muu (Finnish), d'autre (French), anders (note: following pronouns) (German), sonst (German), anderer (english: otherwise) (German), más (Hungarian), ទៀត (tiet) (Khmer), alius (Latin), inny (Polish), mais (Portuguese), altceva (Romanian), altcineva (Romanian), ещё (ješčó) (Russian), iný (Slovak), drug (Slovene), más (Spanish), annat (english: things) (Swedish)
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Adverb

IPA: /ɛls/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɛlts/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-else.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛls Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (other)}}, {{inh|en|enm|ells}} Middle English ells, {{inh|en|ang|elles||other, otherwise, different}} Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*alljas}} Proto-West Germanic *alljas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aljas||of another, of something else}} Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{cog|ofs|elles||other}} Old Frisian elles (“other”), {{cog|goh|elles}} Old High German elles, {{cog|da|eller||or}} Danish eller (“or”), {{cog|da|ellers||otherwise}} Danish ellers (“otherwise”), {{cog|sv|eljes}} Swedish eljes, {{cog|no|elles||else, otherwise}} Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), {{cog|got|𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃||other}} Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), {{cog|la|alius||other, another}} Latin alius (“other, another”), {{cog|grc|ἄλλος}} Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), {{grc-ark}} Arcadocypriot, {{cog|el|αλλιώς||otherwise, else}} Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} else (not comparable)
  1. (usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: otherwise Derived forms: or else Translations (word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to): иначе (inače) (Bulgarian), освен това (osven tova) (Bulgarian), ellers (Danish), zoniet (Dutch), anders (Dutch), in het andere geval (Dutch), sinon (French), autrement (French), სხვანაირად (sxvanairad) (Georgian), სხვაგვარად (sxvagvarad) (Georgian), sonst (German), anders (German), andernfalls (German), ansonsten (German), αλλιώς (alliós) (Greek), máshogy (note: of manner [all]) (Hungarian), máshogyan (Hungarian), másként (Hungarian), másképp (Hungarian), máskor (note: of time) (Hungarian), altro (Italian), 然も無くば (samonakuba) (Japanese), alioqui (Latin), o dar (Lithuanian), inaczej (Polish), senão (Portuguese), em vez de (Portuguese), além disso (Portuguese), ина́че (ináče) (Russian), inak (Slovak), más (Spanish), sino (Spanish), annars (Swedish), வேறு (vēṟu) (Tamil), אַנישט (anisht) (Yiddish), אַניט (anit) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-else-en-adv-ToK7Hn1p

Conjunction

IPA: /ɛls/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɛlts/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-else.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛls Etymology: From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”). Cognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂el- (other)}}, {{inh|en|enm|ells}} Middle English ells, {{inh|en|ang|elles||other, otherwise, different}} Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*alljas}} Proto-West Germanic *alljas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aljas||of another, of something else}} Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{cog|ofs|elles||other}} Old Frisian elles (“other”), {{cog|goh|elles}} Old High German elles, {{cog|da|eller||or}} Danish eller (“or”), {{cog|da|ellers||otherwise}} Danish ellers (“otherwise”), {{cog|sv|eljes}} Swedish eljes, {{cog|no|elles||else, otherwise}} Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), {{cog|got|𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃||other}} Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), {{cog|la|alius||other, another}} Latin alius (“other, another”), {{cog|grc|ἄλλος}} Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), {{grc-ark}} Arcadocypriot, {{cog|el|αλλιώς||otherwise, else}} Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”) Head templates: {{en-con}} else
  1. For otherwise; or else. Derived forms: if-then-else, dangling else Related terms: and, if, not, or, then Translations (for otherwise — see also or else): وَإِلَا (wa-ʔilā) (Arabic), autrement (French), sinon (French), andernfalls (German), ansonsten (German), sonst (German), süs [German-Low-German] (Low German), senão (Portuguese), sicer (Slovene), sino (Spanish), annars (Swedish), இல்லையெனில் (illaiyeṉil) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-else-en-conj-4L9sb3ny

Alternative forms

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          "word": "all else being equal"
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          "word": "all else the same"
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        {
          "word": "anyone else"
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          "word": "elseweb"
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          "word": "elsewhen"
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        {
          "word": "elsewhence"
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        {
          "word": "elsewhere"
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        {
          "word": "elsewhither"
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        {
          "word": "elsewho"
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        {
          "word": "elsewhom"
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        {
          "word": "elsewise"
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        {
          "word": "elseworld"
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        {
          "word": "everybody else"
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        {
          "word": "everyone else"
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        {
          "word": "everything else"
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        {
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          "word": "if all else fails"
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "most else"
        },
        {
          "word": "much else"
        },
        {
          "word": "nobody else"
        },
        {
          "word": "nothing else"
        },
        {
          "word": "nothing else for it"
        },
        {
          "word": "nowhen else"
        },
        {
          "word": "nowhere else"
        },
        {
          "word": "somebody else"
        },
        {
          "word": "someone else"
        },
        {
          "word": "someplace else"
        },
        {
          "word": "something else"
        },
        {
          "word": "somewhere else"
        },
        {
          "word": "what else"
        },
        {
          "word": "what else is new"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:",
          "text": "Prospero:\nThou hast done well, fine Ariel. Follow me;\nHark what thou else shalt do me.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Keith T. Krawczynski, Daily Life in the Colonial City:",
          "text": "As with most else in society, early Americans believed that health and healing were in God's hand.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Other; in addition to previously mentioned items."
      ],
      "id": "en-else-en-adj-ssMUh5nO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Other",
          "other"
        ],
        [
          "addition",
          "addition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "postpositional"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡayr",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "غَيْر"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔāḵar",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "آخَر"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "més"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "altre"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "jiný"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "ostatní"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "muu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "d'autre"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "following pronouns",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "anders"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "sonst"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "english": "otherwise",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "anderer"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "más"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tiet",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "ទៀត"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "alius"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "inny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "mais"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "altceva"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "altcineva"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ješčó",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "ещё"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "iný"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "drug"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "más"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "things",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "other",
          "word": "annat"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛlts/",
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        "colloquial"
      ]
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ellers",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish ellers (“otherwise”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "eljes"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "elles",
        "3": "",
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      "expansion": "Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "other"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "alius",
        "3": "",
        "4": "other, another"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin alius (“other, another”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἄλλος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Arcadocypriot",
      "name": "grc-ark"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "αλλιώς",
        "3": "",
        "4": "otherwise, else"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, from *h₂el- (“other”).\nCognate with Old Frisian elles (“other”), Old High German elles, ellies (“other”), Danish eller (“or”), Danish ellers (“otherwise”), Swedish eljes, eljest (“or else, otherwise”), Norwegian elles (“else, otherwise”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis, “other”), Latin alius (“other, another”), Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos), Arcadocypriot αἶλος (aîlos), modern Greek αλλιώς (alliós, “otherwise, else”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
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      "expansion": "else (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "or else"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "How else (= in what other way) can it be done?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The crust of ice on the else rippling brook was so transparent, and so thin in texture, that the lively water might of its own free will have stopped—in Tom’s glad mind it had—to look upon the lovely morning.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Otherwise, if not."
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          "interrogative"
        ],
        [
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          "otherwise"
        ],
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          "not"
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      ],
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        "(usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "otherwise"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "inače",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "иначе"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "osven tova",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "освен това"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "ellers"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "zoniet"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "anders"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "in het andere geval"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "sinon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "autrement"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sxvanairad",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "სხვანაირად"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sxvagvarad",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "სხვაგვარად"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "sonst"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "anders"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "andernfalls"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "ansonsten"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "alliós",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "αλλιώς"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "of manner [all]",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "máshogy"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "máshogyan"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "másként"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "másképp"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "of time",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "máskor"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "altro"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "samonakuba",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "然も無くば"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "alioqui"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "o dar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "inaczej"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "senão"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "em vez de"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "além disso"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ináče",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "ина́че"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "inak"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "más"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "sino"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "annars"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "vēṟu",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "வேறு"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "anisht",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "אַנישט"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "anit",
          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "אַניט"
        }
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɛls/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛlts/",
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        "colloquial"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛls"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {},
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        "3": "",
        "4": "or"
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      "expansion": "Danish eller (“or”)",
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "otherwise"
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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          "text": "I'm busy Friday; when else (= what other time) works for you?",
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          "text": "The crust of ice on the else rippling brook was so transparent, and so thin in texture, that the lively water might of its own free will have stopped—in Tom’s glad mind it had—to look upon the lovely morning.",
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      "word": "otherwise"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inače",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "иначе"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "osven tova",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "освен това"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "ellers"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "zoniet"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "anders"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "in het andere geval"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "sinon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "autrement"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sxvanairad",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "სხვანაირად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sxvagvarad",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "სხვაგვარად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "sonst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "anders"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "andernfalls"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "ansonsten"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alliós",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "αλλιώς"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of manner [all]",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "máshogy"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "máshogyan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "másként"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "másképp"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of time",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "máskor"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "altro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "samonakuba",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "然も無くば"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "alioqui"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "o dar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "inaczej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "senão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "em vez de"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "além disso"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ináče",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "ина́че"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "inak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "más"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "sino"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "annars"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vēṟu",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "வேறு"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "anisht",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "אַנישט"
    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "anit",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "אַניט"
    }
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  "word": "else"
}

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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German Low German translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
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        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "word": "not"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wa-ʔilā",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "وَإِلَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "autrement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "sinon"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "andernfalls"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "ansonsten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "sonst"
    },
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      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German"
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      "word": "süs"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "senão"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "sicer"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "sino"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "annars"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "illaiyeṉil",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "இல்லையெனில்"
    }
  ],
  "word": "else"
}

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