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Definition else in British English

else adverb

adverb
/els/

Else can be used in the following ways:

after a pronoun such as ‘something’, ‘nothing’, ‘anyone’, or ‘everyone’: He married someone else.Is there anything else you wanted?

after the adverbs ‘somewhere’, ‘anywhere’, ‘everywhere’, and ‘nowhere’: You’ll have to sit somewhere else.

after a word such as ‘what’, ‘who’, ‘how’, or ‘whatever’: Who else was with you?Where else did you go?

after ‘much’ and ‘little’: I have little else to offer.

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used for showing that you are referring to other things, people, places etc, apart from the particular ones that you mention or know about

Example

You mustn't tell anyone else - it's a secret between you and me.

Example

Before we do anything else, we must sit down and make a list.

Example

There isn't much else to tell you.

Example

What else have you been doing wrong, Kelly?

Example

The police had already interviewed everyone else.

Example

This could only happen in the United States - nowhere else in the world!

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Definition else in British English