"else" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɛls/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɛlts/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-else.ogg [US]
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)}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|ells}} Middle English ells, {{m|enm|elles}} elles, {{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”), {{m|gem-pro|*aljaz||other}} *aljaz (“other”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂el-||other}} *h₂el- (“other”), {{cog|ofs|elles||other}} Old Frisian elles (“other”), {{cog|goh|elles}} Old High German elles, {{m|goh|ellies||other}} ellies (“other”), {{cog|da|eller||or}} Danish eller (“or”), {{cog|da|ellers||otherwise}} Danish ellers (“otherwise”), {{cog|sv|eljes}} Swedish eljes, {{m|sv|eljest||or else, otherwise}} eljest (“or else, otherwise”), {{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, {{m|grc|αἶλος}} αἶλος (aîlos), {{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, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns 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)
    Sense id: en-else-en-adj-ssMUh5nO Categories (other): English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives commonly used as postmodifiers: 47 36 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 7 3 Derived forms: all else being equal, all else the same, anybody else, anyone else, anyplace else, anything else, anywhere else, dangling else, elsehow, elseness, elseward, elsewhat, elsewhen, elsewhence, elsewhere, elsewhither, elsewho, elsewhom, elsewise, everybody else, everyone else, everything else, everywhere else, if nothing else, most else, much else, nobody else, nothing else, nothing else for it, nowhen else, nowhere else, somebody else, someone else, someplace else, something else, somewhere else, what else, what else is new

Adverb

IPA: /ɛls/ [Received-Pronunciation, US], /ɛlts/ [colloquial] Audio: en-us-else.ogg [US]
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)}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|ells}} Middle English ells, {{m|enm|elles}} elles, {{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”), {{m|gem-pro|*aljaz||other}} *aljaz (“other”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂el-||other}} *h₂el- (“other”), {{cog|ofs|elles||other}} Old Frisian elles (“other”), {{cog|goh|elles}} Old High German elles, {{m|goh|ellies||other}} ellies (“other”), {{cog|da|eller||or}} Danish eller (“or”), {{cog|da|ellers||otherwise}} Danish ellers (“otherwise”), {{cog|sv|eljes}} Swedish eljes, {{m|sv|eljest||or else, otherwise}} eljest (“or else, otherwise”), {{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, {{m|grc|αἶλος}} αἶλος (aîlos), {{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 [US]
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)}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|ells}} Middle English ells, {{m|enm|elles}} elles, {{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”), {{m|gem-pro|*aljaz||other}} *aljaz (“other”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₂élyos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂el-||other}} *h₂el- (“other”), {{cog|ofs|elles||other}} Old Frisian elles (“other”), {{cog|goh|elles}} Old High German elles, {{m|goh|ellies||other}} ellies (“other”), {{cog|da|eller||or}} Danish eller (“or”), {{cog|da|ellers||otherwise}} Danish ellers (“otherwise”), {{cog|sv|eljes}} Swedish eljes, {{m|sv|eljest||or else, otherwise}} eljest (“or else, otherwise”), {{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, {{m|grc|αἶλος}} αἶλος (aîlos), {{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 Related terms: and, if, not, or, then Translations (for otherwise — see also or else): وَإِلَا (wa-ʔilā) (Arabic), 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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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "alius",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin alius (“other, another”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἄλλος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos)",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Arcadocypriot",
      "name": "grc-ark"
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          "word": "all else being equal"
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          "word": "all else the same"
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          "word": "anybody else"
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        {
          "word": "anyone else"
        },
        {
          "word": "anyplace else"
        },
        {
          "word": "anything else"
        },
        {
          "word": "anywhere else"
        },
        {
          "word": "dangling else"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsehow"
        },
        {
          "word": "elseness"
        },
        {
          "word": "elseward"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewhat"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewhen"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewhence"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewhere"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewhither"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewho"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewhom"
        },
        {
          "word": "elsewise"
        },
        {
          "word": "everybody else"
        },
        {
          "word": "everyone else"
        },
        {
          "word": "everything else"
        },
        {
          "word": "everywhere else"
        },
        {
          "word": "if nothing else"
        },
        {
          "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"
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        {
          "word": "what else is new"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "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.",
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        "(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items."
      ],
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        {
          "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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    {
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      "ipa": "/ɛlts/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɛls"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {},
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        },
        {
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        }
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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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          "word": "освен това"
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          "word": "ellers"
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          "word": "zoniet"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "anders"
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        {
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          "word": "in het andere geval"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
          "word": "sinon"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
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        },
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "sxvagvarad",
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          "word": "სხვაგვარად"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "sonst"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "anders"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "andernfalls"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "másképp"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "of time",
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          "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"
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        {
          "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"
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        {
          "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"
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        {
          "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"
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        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "word": "inak"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "más"
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          "code": "es",
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          "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",
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          "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",
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          "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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      "ipa": "/ɛlts/",
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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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    }
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "if-then-else"
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        {
          "text": "Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        [
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          "for"
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        [
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          "otherwise"
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        [
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          "or else"
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          "word": "and"
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        {
          "word": "if"
        },
        {
          "word": "not"
        },
        {
          "word": "or"
        },
        {
          "word": "then"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wa-ʔilā",
          "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
          "word": "وَإِلَا"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
          "word": "andernfalls"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
          "tags": [
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      "word": "nothing else for it"
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          "text": "The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?",
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      "word": "غَيْر"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "km",
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      "word": "ទៀត"
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        {
          "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"
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        "Otherwise, if not."
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      "ipa": "/ɛlts/",
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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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "sxvagvarad",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "სხვაგვარად"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "sonst"
    },
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      "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"
    },
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      "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"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "note": "of manner [all]",
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      "word": "máshogy"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "másképp"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "máskor"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "altro"
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      "word": "然も無くば"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "word": "o dar"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "inaczej"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "senão"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "em vez de"
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    {
      "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",
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      "word": "ина́че"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "inak"
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      "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"
    },
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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",
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      "code": "yi",
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      "roman": "anit",
      "sense": "word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to",
      "word": "אַניט"
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}

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      "args": {},
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        "3": "",
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      "word": "if"
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          "text": "Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wa-ʔilā",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "وَإِلَا"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "andernfalls"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "ansonsten"
    },
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      "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": [
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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"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "illaiyeṉil",
      "sense": "for otherwise — see also or else",
      "word": "இல்லையெனில்"
    }
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}

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\"4\": \"other\"}, \"expansion\": \"Old Frisian elles (\\u201cother\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"goh\", \"2\": \"elles\"}, \"expansion\": \"Old High German elles\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"goh\", \"2\": \"ellies\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"other\"}, \"expansion\": \"ellies (\\u201cother\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"m\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"da\", \"2\": \"eller\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"or\"}, \"expansion\": \"Danish eller (\\u201cor\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"da\", \"2\": \"ellers\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"otherwise\"}, \"expansion\": \"Danish ellers (\\u201cotherwise\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"sv\", \"2\": \"eljes\"}, \"expansion\": \"Swedish eljes\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"sv\", \"2\": \"eljest\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"or else, otherwise\"}, \"expansion\": \"eljest (\\u201cor else, otherwise\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"m\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"no\", \"2\": \"elles\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"else, otherwise\"}, \"expansion\": \"Norwegian elles (\\u201celse, otherwise\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"got\", \"2\": \"\\ud800\\udf30\\ud800\\udf3b\\ud800\\udf3e\\ud800\\udf39\\ud800\\udf43\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"other\"}, \"expansion\": \"Gothic \\ud800\\udf30\\ud800\\udf3b\\ud800\\udf3e\\ud800\\udf39\\ud800\\udf43 (aljis, \\u201cother\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"la\", \"2\": \"alius\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"other, another\"}, \"expansion\": \"Latin alius (\\u201cother, another\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"grc\", \"2\": \"\\u1f04\\u03bb\\u03bb\\u03bf\\u03c2\"}, \"expansion\": \"Ancient Greek \\u1f04\\u03bb\\u03bb\\u03bf\\u03c2 (\\u00e1llos)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}, {\"args\": {}, \"expansion\": \"Arcadocypriot\", \"name\": \"grc-ark\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"grc\", \"2\": \"\\u03b1\\u1f36\\u03bb\\u03bf\\u03c2\"}, \"expansion\": \"\\u03b1\\u1f36\\u03bb\\u03bf\\u03c2 (a\\u00eelos)\", \"name\": \"m\"}, {\"args\": {\"1\": \"el\", \"2\": \"\\u03b1\\u03bb\\u03bb\\u03b9\\u03ce\\u03c2\", \"3\": \"\", \"4\": \"otherwise, else\"}, \"expansion\": \"Greek \\u03b1\\u03bb\\u03bb\\u03b9\\u03ce\\u03c2 (alli\\u00f3s, \\u201cotherwise, else\\u201d)\", \"name\": \"cog\"}], \"etymology_text\": \"From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (\\u201cother, otherwise, different\\u201d), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (\\u201cof another, of something else\\u201d), genitive of *aljaz (\\u201cother\\u201d), from Proto-Indo-European *h\\u2082\\u00e9lyos, from *h\\u2082el- (\\u201cother\\u201d).\\nCognate with Old Frisian elles (\\u201cother\\u201d), Old High German elles, ellies (\\u201cother\\u201d), Danish eller (\\u201cor\\u201d), Danish ellers (\\u201cotherwise\\u201d), Swedish eljes, eljest (\\u201cor else, otherwise\\u201d), Norwegian elles (\\u201celse, otherwise\\u201d), Gothic \\ud800\\udf30\\ud800\\udf3b\\ud800\\udf3e\\ud800\\udf39\\ud800\\udf43 (aljis, \\u201cother\\u201d), Latin alius (\\u201cother, another\\u201d), Ancient Greek \\u1f04\\u03bb\\u03bb\\u03bf\\u03c2 (\\u00e1llos), Arcadocypriot \\u03b1\\u1f36\\u03bb\\u03bf\\u03c2 (a\\u00eelos), modern Greek \\u03b1\\u03bb\\u03bb\\u03b9\\u03ce\\u03c2 (alli\\u00f3s, \\u201cotherwise, else\\u201d).\", \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {\"1\": \"-\"}, \"expansion\": \"else (not comparable)\", \"name\": \"en-adj\"}], \"lang\": \"English\", \"lang_code\": \"en\", \"pos\": \"adj\", \"senses\": [{\"categories\": [\"English terms with quotations\", \"English terms with usage examples\"], \"examples\": [{\"text\": \"The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?\", \"type\": \"example\"}, {\"ref\": \"2013, Keith T. 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