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else Definition


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else
adverb, adj
    1. Different from or in addition to something or someone known or already mentioned
      Example: I'd like something else
      Example: Where else can you buy it?
Idiom: or else
    Or if not ... ; otherwise ....
      Example: Hurry up, or else we'll be late
    colloq
    Or I will punish or harm you; or there will be trouble
      Example: Give me the money, or else!
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon elles.



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