Words / B2

els-WAIR/ˌelsˈweə/

Elsewhere means in, at, or to another place: look elsewhere; elsewhere in the extract. Somewhere is less definite; here and there are opposites of a named elsewhere. If the figure is not in Table 1, look elsewhere in the extract. Mix-up: elsewhere vs everywhere; nowhere; do not write elsewhere when the paper asks you to name the place.

Meaning

In, at, or to another place.

Examples

• “If the figure is not in Table 1, look elsewhere in the extract, the paper said.”
• “Jobs moved elsewhere after the closure, the geography case said, which is the another-place sense — still name the region if given.”

Good to know

look / live / move elsewhere; elsewhere in + noun. Close: somewhere else. Trap: everywhere. Methods, geography, and citizenship. In or to another place — still name it if the source does.

Near in meaning

somewhere else, abroad, otherwise

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