Used in a Sentence

else

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for else.

Editorial note

Yousif@AquaCloud.com Feel free to send a resume along with anything else you would like to share (portfolio, github, etc…).

Examples13
Definitions3
Parts of speech3

Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of else gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

adjective

(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

adverb

(usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for else.

adjective

(postpositive, used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

adverb

(usually follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

Example sentences

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Yousif@AquaCloud.com Feel free to send a resume along with anything else you would like to share (portfolio, github, etc…).

2

Who cares about wearing nailpolish when you'll be ostracized for having political opinions which anywhere else would be perfectly mainstream?

3

It's surprising there isn't some chemical reaction to precipitate out the sodium and chloride atoms bonded to something else, or whatever.

4

Why does this generation assume someone else is going to fix the problems they see?

5

It might be on a grant, it might be as a grad student, it might be something else -- just roll with it.

6

If you only want to be subject to the authority of one jurisdiction, make sure your company doesn't have a presence anywhere else.

7

I'd rather run my own comment server then give up control to someone else, if it weren't a pain.

8

In that particular situation, I cannot imagine anything else that we could have done for her.

9

We like to crunch numbers, log files and whatever else we can get our hands on in Hadoop and Storm.

10

Our core platform is open source, and we're working on open sourcing everything else we do.

11

Once the shares are sold, the company no longer owns them, so whatever happens, happens, just like whenever you sell anything else.

12

If you can't do it without money, go do something else: vc's don't care about seeing and investing in winners; they want to ride their coattails.

Quote examples

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"I use Siri all the time to set up reminders, but not much else." Siri, Google Now, or Cortana are on the verge of becoming something quite useful.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use else in a sentence?

Yousif@AquaCloud.com Feel free to send a resume along with anything else you would like to share (portfolio, github, etc…).

What does else mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is else?

else is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.