elsewhere

adverb

else·​where ˈel(t)s-ˌ(h)wer How to pronounce elsewhere (audio)
: in or to another place
took my business elsewhere

Examples of elsewhere in a Sentence

The angry customer said he would take his business elsewhere. Elsewhere in the same book she gives another date. The parts are produced elsewhere.
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Among possibilities for the next step for Robinson were returning to the Heat on a new free-agent contract more favorable to the Heat in 2025-26 than that $20 million salary; working with the Heat to facilitate a sign-and-trade agreement to move elsewhere; signing outright elsewhere. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2025 And with the Marner question answered, the Maple Leafs can focus their priorities elsewhere with free agency beginning at noon on July 1. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2025 Her description of Montreal in winter helped me to evoke my youthful impressions of London, and her way of talking about a displaced mother, and a father who inhabited a kind of elsewhere, led me, yet again, to place my own parents inside a new fictional container. Jhumpa Lahiri, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Tens of thousands of laborers from Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, St Lucia, Haiti, Martinique, and elsewhere had come for the French project. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for elsewhere

Word History

Etymology

Middle English elleswher, going back to Old English elles hwær — more at else entry 1, where entry 1

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of elsewhere was before the 12th century

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“Elsewhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elsewhere. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

elsewhere

adverb
else·​where ˈels-ˌ(h)we(ə)r How to pronounce elsewhere (audio)
-ˌ(h)wa(ə)r
: in or to another place
took my business elsewhere

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