"otherwise" meaning in All languages combined

See otherwise on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/ [UK], /ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz/ [US] Audio: en-us-otherwise.ogg [US]
  1. You use otherwise to connect two clauses where the second clause shows the bad thing that would happen if the first clause doesn't happen.
    Sense id: simple-otherwise-en-adv-XLHRcw~j
  2. You use otherwise to connect two clauses where the second clause shows what would have happened if the first clause hadn't happened.
    Sense id: simple-otherwise-en-adv-1l6LrBf8
  3. If you think or say otherwise, you don't agree.
    Sense id: simple-otherwise-en-adv-lpDrbKN-
  4. apart from something else
    Sense id: simple-otherwise-en-adv-Gl27SBue
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "text": "You need the proper license. Otherwise you can't do business."
        }
      ],
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I missed the bus. Otherwise, I would have been here earlier."
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "She says we should put him in piano lessons, but I think otherwise."
        }
      ],
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        "If you think or say otherwise, you don't agree."
      ],
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She has some cuts, but is otherwise fine."
        },
        {
          "text": "He just had to wash the dishes. Otherwise, everything was done."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "apart from something else"
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz/",
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        "US"
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    },
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "You need the proper license. Otherwise you can't do business."
        }
      ],
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        "You use otherwise to connect two clauses where the second clause shows the bad thing that would happen if the first clause doesn't happen."
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sentence adverbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I missed the bus. Otherwise, I would have been here earlier."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use otherwise to connect two clauses where the second clause shows what would have happened if the first clause hadn't happened."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "sentence adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She says we should put him in piano lessons, but I think otherwise."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you think or say otherwise, you don't agree."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She has some cuts, but is otherwise fine."
        },
        {
          "text": "He just had to wash the dishes. Otherwise, everything was done."
        }
      ],
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        "apart from something else"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈʌð.ɚˌwaɪz/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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