Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somewhere

/ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: some-where
IPA: /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an uncertain or unspecified location.

adv

To an uncertain or unspecified location.

adv

At some unspecified point.

noun

Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.

noun

A person with strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.

Informal

Example Sentences

"I must have left my glasses somewhere."
"I've hidden candy somewhere in this room."
"He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation."
"I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?"
"I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300."
"When a train has to ascend the incline, it first runs down, engine first, from the station about 60 or 70 yards. Then comes behind it the aforesaid truck, or one similar, which, being attached to an endless wire rope, a communication is made by means of the electric telegraph to the engineman at the top of the incline, when the fixed engine begins to work, and the train, partly pulled by the locomotive before, and partly pushed by the truck behind, rapidly ascends, taking somewhere about three minutes to get up."

Etymology

From some + where.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/
British English: /ˈsʌm.wɛː/

Usage

Informal

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

somewheres (plural)

Derived Forms

somewhereness

Phrases

it's five o'clock somewhere somewhere along the line somewhere else somewhere over the rainbow

Frequently Paired Words

anywhere everywhere nowhere somebody someone something

Synonyms

someplace somewheres

Antonyms

anywhere cosmopolite

Questions

How do you pronounce somewhere?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/.
What does somewhere mean?: In an uncertain or unspecified location.
Where does somewhere come from?: From some + where.

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