someplace

adverb

some·​place ˈsəm-ˌplās How to pronounce someplace (audio)

Examples of someplace in a Sentence

Should we eat here or go someplace else? I put my keys someplace but I can't remember where.
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Should people just live someplace less perilous? Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 But Swift’s decision to sit down for a podcast interview, instead of a traditional talk show appearance, is a reminder that the format isn’t disappearing so much as shifting to someplace different. Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 In that case, consider inviting your friends to drop in on a class with you someplace else. Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025 Another possibility is that hominins living on the coast of mainland Southeast Asia could have been swept out to sea by a tsunami, and some of them could have been lucky enough to survive the misadventure and wash ashore someplace like Sulawesi, Flores, or Luzon (RIP to any others). ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for someplace

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of someplace was in 1880

Cite this Entry

“Someplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/someplace. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

someplace

adverb
some·​place -ˌplās How to pronounce someplace (audio)
: somewhere entry 1 sense 1
fell someplace over there
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