Definition of else in English:

adverb

• 1with indefinite pronoun or adverb In addition; besides.

  ‘anything else you need to know?’

  ‘what else is there to do?’

  ‘they will offer low prices but little else’

  More example sentences

  • ‘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.’

  Synonyms

  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’

  More example sentences

  • ‘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’

  short for or else