"else" meaning in English

See else in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ɛls/; sometimes /ɛlts/ Audio: en-us-else.ogg [US] Forms: else [positive], [comparative], Superlative–
Head templates: {{adverb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use x or else y to say that if x doesn't happen or isn't true, y would happen or would be true.
    Sense id: simple-else-en-adv-bOihw-~p
  2. You use or else to say that if something doesn't happen, it will be bad.
    Sense id: simple-else-en-adv-JYbHtuxe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Adverbs

Preposition

IPA: /ɛls/; sometimes /ɛlts/ Audio: en-us-else.ogg [US] Forms: else
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use else to show that something is not the same one as another thing.
    Sense id: simple-else-en-prep-8grL4i1t
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "OK, he's cute, but what else has he got?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't think this one fits me. Do you have anything else in the same colour?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I've told you most of it. There's not much else I can think of."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use else to show that something is not the same one as another thing."
      ],
      "id": "simple-else-en-prep-8grL4i1t"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛls/; sometimes /ɛlts/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-else.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "Adverbs",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
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      "form": "else",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Superlative–"
    }
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        {
          "text": "They don't want to be here or else they would have come."
        }
      ],
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You'd better clean your room, or else."
        }
      ],
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        "You use or else to say that if something doesn't happen, it will be bad."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ɛls/; sometimes /ɛlts/"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "OK, he's cute, but what else has he got?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I don't think this one fits me. Do you have anything else in the same colour?"
        },
        {
          "text": "I've told you most of it. There's not much else I can think of."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use else to show that something is not the same one as another thing."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛls/; sometimes /ɛlts/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Superlative–"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They don't want to be here or else they would have come."
        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You'd better clean your room, or else."
        }
      ],
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        "You use or else to say that if something doesn't happen, it will be bad."
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɛls/; sometimes /ɛlts/"
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      ]
    }
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