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Definition of else in English:

else

Pronunciation /els/ /ɛls/

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adverb

1with indefinite pronoun or adverb In addition; besides.
‘ anything else you need to know?’
- ‘they will offer low prices but little else’
- ‘I just brought basics—I wasn't sure what else you'd want’
- ‘Well what else can we do when a lot of good farming land continues to be covered up by houses.’
- ‘Is there anything else we can do to tell people that their cars must be moved?’
- ‘Still, when he got out of the car he said if I needed anything else just to phone.’
- ‘Well, what else do you expect for the start and end of the working week, plus the days in-between?’
- ‘At this time I had to go and sort out other stuff, so I didn't see if anything else went wrong.’
- ‘Still, if it wasn't for the weather what else would the British have to talk about.’
- ‘Does anyone know what else we can expect between now and the beginning of April?’
- ‘It seems to me that there's really no point to anything else without that basic guarantee.’
- ‘Never disliked him, but I felt he was as much the product of hype as anything else.’
- ‘What else is he hoping for from a relationship other than the occasional letter?’
- ‘Although that probably has more to do with the way I interpret film than anything else.’
- ‘Surely the judge can order the confiscation of his money and anything else he possesses.’
- ‘The Church will have to regain its doctrinal health once again before anything else.’
- ‘As they converse politely, a waiter glides up and asks if they'd like anything else.’
- ‘As for the main entrance, it is fit for a municipal swimming pool, and little else.’
- ‘He was at his desk at seven o'clock every morning, no matter where he was or what else was going on.’
- ‘The effect, say health board chiefs, is that they have no money left for anything else.’
- ‘Nietzsche, whom I read more as a poet than as anything else, also had it in for the academy.’
- ‘I suppose that extra half hour was as much from audience reaction time as anything else.’
- ‘They would like to speak to the owner of the car and anyone else who has suffered from similar crimes.’
too, as well, besides, in addition, additionally, furthermore, further, moreover, into the bargain, on top, on top of that, over and above that, what's more, to boot, else, then, equally
2with indefinite pronoun or adverb Different; instead.
‘isn't there anyone else you could ask?’
- ‘they took songs owned by someone else and used them without permission’
- ‘they moved on to somewhere else’
- ‘it's fate, destiny, or whatever else you like to call it’
- ‘He is in no different position from anyone else who obtains citizenship by false means.’
- ‘If we're not genuinely trying to live out our faith, how are we different from anyone else?’
- ‘Subsequently, we made the decision to move from the town and settle somewhere else.’
- ‘He said she was the only person willing to care for him and he had no money to hire anyone else.’
- ‘The income ensured he always got the latest expensive trainers before anyone else.’
- ‘What a morale boost too, to find one hour of a lawyer's time equals one hour of anyone else's.’
- ‘It is terrifying at first, but then it grows on you, this easy way of getting somewhere else.’
- ‘Well they had somewhere else to go last Thursday, and they went there in their millions.’
- ‘I could always tell when he arrived because he walked faster up the aisle than anyone else.’
- ‘We were planning to go somewhere else after this, it was just a convenient meeting point.’
- ‘I reserve the right to criticise the guy but fail to recognise anyone else's right to so do.’
- ‘The field was huge, and devoid of anyone else other than occasional walkers at the edges.’
- ‘What else can he think to get him through hour after hour on the treadmill at the Murray Park gym every day?’
- ‘I have three years left on my contract and I don't see any reason to look for anything else.’
- ‘That goes through your head but you never really picture yourself doing anything else.’
- ‘It does all the spadework created by the dealing of shares, and very little else.’
- ‘That is a difficult choice when we humans are made to care for our young and anything else causes guilt.’
- ‘Control of the media permits the rulers to get out their version and suppress anything else.’
- ‘In a few more weeks, if I'm not feeling better I'll go back and see what else it could be.’
- ‘It's ugly and ancient but it's a phone and I cannot afford anything else at the moment.’
3
short for or else
- ‘keep your mouth shut, else you might contradict my story’

Phrases

or else

1Used to introduce the second of two alternatives.
‘she felt tempted either to shout at him or else to let his tantrums slide by’
- ‘So this makes it very difficult to combat, either through eradication or interdiction or else finding alternative livelihoods for Afghan farmers.’
- ‘For on our paraphrase, if the second surface is flatter than the first, then either the second surface is flat while the first is not, or else the second is more nearly flat than the first, neither surface being flat.’
- ‘Either the flush would come giving Harold the win, doubling his stack, and solidly ensconcing him in second place, or else he would be out of the tournament.’
- ‘Either that, or else it'll drive you batty in thirty seconds flat.’
- ‘If you want an affordable copy, your best bet is either to trawl the second hand bins and hope you get lucky, or else wait until the hoopla about Wanda has died down.’
- ‘Further, they contended, in the alternative, that the words were substantially true or else were fair comment on matters of fact.’
- ‘So, a second lasts either for no time at all or else for an infinite amount of time.’
- ‘You should be offered a suitable alternative job if it can't be made safe, or else be suspended on full pay.’
- ‘She was almost emaciated-looking and her clothing looked as if it were either second-hand, or else really old.’
- ‘Why is the second-rate part of a hero's corpus uncritically praised or else ignored to keep the hero's reputation unsullied.’
1. 1.1In circumstances different from those mentioned; if it were not the case.
  ‘they can't want it, or else they'd request it’
  ‘He had been lucky that the branch missed his eyes, or else a very different scenario would be happening right now, Trip thought as Lee continued to fuss over him.’
  ‘A small argument spread thin: men and women cannot be that different, or else women would not be saved.’
  ‘It was a good thing she never mentioned anything about it, or else I would have been really hurt.’
  ‘And I try to play them slightly different every night, or else I would collapse in the second verse of ‘You Know So Well’ of boredom.’
  ‘I was thankful that I had grabbed my backpack before I left for breakfast - or else we would be completely broke… not to mention unarmed.’
  ‘Everything they mentioned in the conversation had to have had some sort of impact on them or else they wouldn't have mentioned it.’
  ‘‘Most work makes a difference in someone's life in some way, or else the job wouldn't exist,’ Grant says.’
  ‘Lucky for him, indeed, that they were specially tinted to look dark from the outside, but in fact made no difference to his vision, or else he'd have trouble seeing where he was going.’
  ‘I had heard tales of the need to immediately spend $15,000 to build your game once you were done developing it, or else no one would give it a second glance.’
2. 1.2Used to warn what will happen if something is not carried out.
  ‘you go along with this or else you're going to jail’
  ‘He demands that the UN back their decisions on Iraq with the threat of force, or else the US will overrule the UN charter and attack anyway.’
  ‘He and I had the same class and to make my escape fast, I needed to bring him along or else I would seem even more suspicious.’
  ‘A man's got to have a beer once in a while or else he'd go nuts without warning.’
  ‘‘You better let her in - or else you'll be in deep trouble,’ they threatened.’
  ‘Due to China's one-child rule, they cannot keep this second child or else they will suffer severe financial and political penalties.’
  ‘She couldn't stop, not for a second, or else they would get her.’
  ‘I couldn't afford to be back a second late or else, Margaret would suspect where I was.’
  ‘You all had better hurry up or else the food'll be cold.’
  ‘They continued to shout at us ‘get back to your country, or else we will be back.’’
  ‘‘Do not mention this secret spot to anybody, or else I will have to kill you,’ Parker snapped.’
3. 1.3Used as a warning or a threat.
  ‘she'd better shape up, or else’
  ‘TCI is at the forefront of a new breed of restless shareholders in Europe that are demanding that management create shareholder value, or else.’
  ‘By catering to his every wish you have not disabused him of the notion that he is entitled to demand whatever he wants from you… or else.’
  ‘She stood beside me with her hands on her hips and her eyes demanding that I tell her everything or else.’
  ‘Finally, his mother came up and demanded him to open his door or else, young man.’
  ‘If the referee has made a blatant mistake, then the panel should have the power to criticise the referee openly and demand that their standards improve or else.’
  ‘It may want to go further and attempt to punish the alleged offender as a warning to other civil servants to stay in line or else.’
  ‘This advice itself carries a delicate aroma of threat: Vote for the BJP or else!’
  ‘We'll let this disc go with a stern warning: Make sense next time, or else.’
  ‘It was more of a warning laugh, a laugh that told you to stop or else.’
  ‘Couched in this extraordinary advice from Chen's subordinates was a warning not to step on their toes, or else.’