somewhere

adverb some·where \ ˈsəm-ˌ(h)wer , -(ˌ)(h)wər \

Updated on: 19 Apr 2018

Definition of somewhere

1 : in, at, from, or to a place unknown or unspecified

mentions it somewhere

2 : to a place symbolizing positive accomplishment or progress

now we're getting somewhere

3 : in the vicinity of : approximately

somewhere about nine o'clock

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Examples of somewhere in a Sentence

The boy ran off somewhere.
She lives somewhere in the city.
I've seen you somewhere before.
His house must be around here somewhere.
Do you want to go somewhere else?

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Students who do well and pass a set of proctored exams earn a MicroMasters, equal to somewhere between a quarter and a half of of a typical master’s degree.

— jeffrey selingo, The Atlantic, "The Future of College Looks Like the Future of Retail," 16 Apr. 2018
Now, a growing number of developers are betting that at least some companies would like to be somewhere in the middle.

— tim logan, BostonGlobe.com, "Urban core’s high rents, suburbs’ lack of transit have developers picking in-between places," 13 Apr. 2018
And somewhere, a few dozen feet below us, the men and women of the VizStudio were hard at work at finding new ways to visually explain whatever might come next for the planetarium, the world of science and the people of Earth.

— beth spotswood, San Francisco Chronicle, "Team works in twilight zone to bring reef to surface at Cal Academy," 11 Apr. 2018
For the Millcreek school district, the response was somewhere in the middle, Hall said.

— amy b wang, courant.com, "A district armed its teachers with baseball bats, urging them to fight back in a mass shooting," 11 Apr. 2018
Because of employers’ power to drive down wages, labor’s share of economic output falls to somewhere between 51 percent and 64 percent.

— suresh naidu, eric posner, Vox, "More and more companies have monopoly power over workers’ wages. That’s killing the economy.," 6 Apr. 2018
In those two regards, there is definitely somewhere for the economy to go that's not up.

— z. byron wolf, CNN, "Trying to make sense of Trump's contradictory trade war tweets," 4 Apr. 2018
We’re all on the road to somewhere, even if the destination is far off or unknown.

— richard fitch, Cincinnati.com, "Guest Morning Line: It's almost time to point the car west and head to Opening Day.," 23 Mar. 2018
Sawyer has relocated recently from Boston to somewhere in Pennsylvania for a data analyst job with a bank.

— michael phillips, chicagotribune.com, "'Unsane' review: 'The Crown's' Claire Foy takes a stroll down Shock Corridor," 22 Mar. 2018

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First Known Use of somewhere

13th century

somewhere Synonyms

Synonyms

about, all but, almost, borderline, fairly, more or less, most, much, near, nearly, next to, nigh, practically, virtually, well-nigh;

Near Antonyms

absolutely, altogether, completely, entirely, fully, plain, quite, thoroughly;

totally, utterly, well, wholly;

barely, hardly, scarcely;

kind of, partially, partly, somewhat;

Phrases

as good as, just about, pretty much, within an inch of;

somewhere

noun

Definition of somewhere

: an undetermined or unnamed place

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Examples of somewhere in a Sentence

We looked for somewhere to park the car.
I know somewhere nice where we can eat.

Recent Examples of somewhere from the Web

However, the space station will re-enter somewhere between the latitudes of 43 degrees north and 43 degrees south, based on its current orbital inclination.

— elizabeth howell, Scientific American, "Chinese Space Station Could Crash to Earth on Easter Weekend," 27 Mar. 2018
Even if Prescott doesn't totally recover from a shaky sophomore campaign, the Cowboys still could sign him to a contract that would carry an average annual cap-hit somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million per season.

— peter dawson, star-telegram, "Without restraint, Cowboys' salary cap future could mirror Seahawks' fire sale | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 9 Mar. 2018
The rest of the people in the city are trying to find somewhere to go to figure out how to get out of their situations.

— OregonLive.com, "Football coaches blame surge in transfers on rise of 'AAU-type' culture (Part 2)," 15 Aug. 2017
SOMEWHERE between occult Turin and stuffy bourgeois Turin — though not unconnected with either — is artistic Turin.

— nikil saval, New York Times, "The Ghosts of Turin," 10 May 2017
GRAHAM: But there is a record somewhere of who would make a request to unmask the conversation with General Flynn and the Russian ambassador?

— washington post staff, Washington Post, "Full transcript: Sally Yates and James Clapper testify on Russian election interference," 8 May 2017

First Known Use of somewhere

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somewhere

adverb

Definition of somewhere for English Language Learners

: in, at, or to a place not known, named, or specified
: close to a specified number, time, or amount

somewhere

noun

Definition of somewhere for English Language Learners

: a place not known, named, or specified

SOMEWHERE Defined for Kids

somewhere

adverb some·where \ ˈsəm-ˌhwer , -ˌwer \

Definition of somewhere for Students

1 : in, at, or to a place not known or named

The boy ran off somewhere.

2 : rather close to

They arrived somewhere around two o'clock.

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