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else

/ɛls/

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What does else mean?

adjective

  1. Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

adverb

  1. Otherwise, if not.

conjunction

  1. For otherwise; or else.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɛls/

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The silence grew to be a noticeable thing as the minutes went on, and nobody else appeared, and not a soul moved.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
In all our discussions and speculations we had always unconsciously assumed that the women, whatever else they might be, would be young.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
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Food, fire, water, and something else—even here, in this crack in the world, so far back in the night of the past!
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
But now she knew as she hurried wildly down the slope that Anne was dearer to her than anything else on earth.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of Green GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #45
Eastern Germany has one of the world's largest reserves of low-grade lignite coal but little else in the way of mineral resources.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48