Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somewhere else

/ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ)ˈɛls/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables: some-where else
IPA: /ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ)ˈɛls/

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place other than here; another place.

Uncountable

adv

In or at some other place.

adv

To some other place.

adv

Distracted; in a daydream, (of the mind) unable to interact with events in the here and now

Example Sentences

"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."
"Hearing the laughter of his sons, Alf grinned. But he was somewhere else, thinking of the woman moving through the dim house behind him."

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Phrases

anywhere else nowhere else everywhere else

Frequently Paired Words

anywhere else nowhere else everywhere else

Synonyms

elsewhere someplace else otherwhere elsewhither somewhither else

Questions

How do you pronounce somewhere else?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsʌmwɛə(ɹ)ˈɛls/.
What does somewhere else mean?: A place other than here; another place.

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