somewhere else

somewhere else

English

Noun

somewhere else (uncountable)

1. A place other than here.

Synonyms

• elsewhere
• someplace else (US)

Translations

another place

Maori: wāhi kē

Adverb

somewhere else

1. In or at some other place.
2. To some other place.
3. (figuratively) Distracted; in a daydream, (of the mind) unable to interact with events in the here and now
   • 1996, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Emmy, volume 18, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, page 38:

     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.

   • 2013, John Bemrose, The Island Walkers: A Novel, p. 3:

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

Synonyms

• (all): elsewhere, otherwhere, (US) someplace else
• (to some other place): elsewhither, somewhither else

Translations

in or at some other place

Bulgarian: дру́гаде (drúgade) Catalan: en un altre lloc, en una altra banda Chinese: Mandarin: 別處／别处 (zh) (biéchù) Czech: jinde (cs) Danish: andetsteds Dutch: ergens anders, elders (nl) Esperanto: aliloke Faroese: aðrastaðni Finnish: jossakin muualla, muualla (fi), toisaalla (fi) French: autre part (fr), ailleurs (fr) German: woanders (de), anderswo (de) Middle High German: anderswar Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐍂 (aljar) Greek: αλλού (el) (alloú) Ancient: ἀλλαχοῦ (allakhoû), αὖθις (aûthis) Hungarian: másutt (hu), máshol (hu) Irish: in áit éigin eile Italian: altrove (it) Japanese: ほかの場所で (hoka no basho de) Latin: alibī (la), alias (la) Latvian: citur Lithuanian: kitur Luxembourgish: anerwäerts Maori: wāhi kē Navajo: łahgóó Norwegian: Bokmål: annensteds, annetsteds (no) Nynorsk: annanstad, annensted Old Norse: annarsstaðar Old Portuguese: allur Polish: gdzie indziej (pl) Portuguese: em outro lugar, alhures (pt), algures (pt) Romanian: altundeva (ro), aiurea (ro) Russian: где́-то в друго́м ме́сте (gdé-to v drugóm méste), в друго́м ме́сте (v drugóm méste), где́-нибудь ещё (gdé-nibudʹ ješčó) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: другде, другуд Roman: drugde, drugud (sh) Spanish: en otra parte, en otro lugar Swedish: någon annanstans, annorstädes (sv) (dated) Welsh: yn rhywle arall Westrobothnian: aderst, arstass, arstassum, annarstass

to some other place

Czech: jinam (cs) Dutch: elders (nl), elwaarts (archaic) Esperanto: aliloken Finnish: muualle (fi), toisaalle French: ailleurs (fr) German: woanders (de), anderswo (de) Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌸 (aljaþ) Greek: άλλοθι (el) (állothi) Ancient: ἄλλοθι (állothi) Hungarian: máshová (hu), máshova Irish: áit éigin eile Italian: altrove (it) Japanese: ほかの場所へ (hoka no basho e) Latin: aliō Maori: wāhi kē Norwegian: Bokmål: annensteds, annetsteds (no) Nynorsk: annanstad Polish: gdzie indziej (pl), (archaic) indziej (pl) Portuguese: para outro lugar Russian: в друго́е ме́сто (v drugóje mésto), куда́-нибудь ещё (kudá-nibudʹ ješčó) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: другамо, другуд Roman: drugamo (sh), drugud (sh) Spanish: a otra parte (es), a otro lugar (es) Swedish: någon annanstans Welsh: rywle arall

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Telugu: (please verify) వేరేచోట (vērēcōṭa)

See also

• anywhere else
• nowhere else
• everywhere else

References

• somewhere else at OneLook Dictionary Search