Else - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |els|  American pronunciation of the word else
Brit.  |els|  British pronunciation of the word else

adjective

- Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
Can anyone else (=any other person) help me?
What else (=what other thing) is there?

adverb

- Otherwise, if not.
How else (=in what other way) can it be done?
I'm busy Friday; when else (=what other time) works for you?

conjunction

- For otherwise; or else.
Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
- (computing, in many programming languages and pseudocode) but if the condition of the previous if clause is false, do the following.
if (edits.Count == 0) { NoEditsLabel.Visible = true; }
else { EditHistory.Show(edits); }

Extra examples

We decided to go someplace else for dinner.

...if you could do it over again, how else would you have done it?...

...is there anything else you would like to add to your list?...

Ask somebody else about it.

Go at once, else you will miss your train.

There's something else I'd like to talk about as well.

I'd like you to come, and anyone else who's free.

He was awake now, as was everyone else.

Who else was at the party?

'Two coffees, please.' 'Anything else?' 'No, thanks.'

Above all else (=more than any other things) she was seeking love.

I'd like to live anywhere else but here.

If I can't trust you, who else can I trust?

'What are you doing?' 'Waiting for you, what else?'

What else must I do?

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