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somewhere else

/ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ)ˈɛls/

somewhere else noun: a place other than here; another place.

Noun

somewhere else (uncountable)

  1. A place other than here; another place.

Adverb

somewhere else

  1. In or at some other place.
  2. To some other place.
    Synonyms:
    elsewhither, somewhither else
  3. (figuratively) Distracted; in a daydream, (of the mind) unable to interact with events in the here and now
    • But I get slightly crazy when I'm working on something. I zone out and get lost watching scenes play out in my head. That's why I won't have lunch with friends when I'm writing. My head is somewhere else and they naturally take it personally.1996, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Emmy, volume 18, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, page 38
    • Hearing the laughter of his sons, Alf grinned. But he was somewhere else, thinking of the woman moving through the dim house behind him.2013, John Bemrose, The Island Walkers: A Novel, page 3

somewhere else meaning in Hindi and Sanskrit

somewhere else in Hindi

somewhere else, elsewhere
कहीं और kahī̃ aur

somewhere else in Sanskrit

somewhere else
अन्यत्र anyátra

Synonyms of somewhere else

Questions about somewhere else

What does somewhere else mean?
Somewhere else means a place other than here; another place.
What is somewhere else in Hindi?
Somewhere else in Hindi is कहीं और (kahī̃ aur). See Somewhere else meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is somewhere else?
Somewhere else can be a noun or an adverb.
How do you pronounce somewhere else?
Somewhere else is pronounced /ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ)ˈɛls/.

Words near somewhere else in the dictionary

  1. somewhats
  2. somewhen
  3. somewhence
  4. somewhere
  5. somewhere along the line
  6. somewhere else
  7. somewhere over the rainbow
  8. somewhereness
  9. somewheres
  10. somewhile
  11. somewhiles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: somewhere else (page history and authors); कहीं और (Hindi) (page history and authors); अन्यत्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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