The meaning of ELSE is in a different manner or place or at a different time. How to use else in a sentence.

Definition of else adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ELSE definition: 1. used after words beginning with any-, every-, no-, and some-, or after how, what, where, who…. Learn more.

ELSE definition: other than the persons or things mentioned or implied. See examples of else used in a sentence.

We're going somewhere else to talk. What else can you do? Go brush your teeth - and whatever else you need to do. Almost everyone else had already left, so Katie and Mary volunteered to help.

Oct 31, 2025 · else (not comparable) (postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items. quotations

The possessive forms of somebody else, everybody else, etc., are somebody else's, everybody else's, the forms somebody's else, everybody's else being considered nonstandard in present-day English.