else
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
else/els/
▶adverb
- 1 in addition; besides.
- 2 different; instead.
– phrases
or else used to introduce the second of two alternatives.
or else used to introduce the second of two alternatives.
■ in circumstances different from those mentioned.
■ used as a threat or warning.
– origin OE elles, of Gmc origin.
'else' also found in these Oxford entries:
above
- abstract
- abutment
- accessory
- accompaniment
- add
- adhibit
- adjacent
- admix
- advocate
- affix
- altruism
- always
- anyway
- appress
- bet
- biography
- blend
- bliss
- bond
- borrow
- buck
- by-product
- clamp
- comparatively
- complement
- concomitance
- condition
- confound
- confusable
- continuation
- contrast
- counsel
- counter
- counterblast
- counterpoint
- countryman
- covet
- covetous
- crosspiece
- cut-out
- dash
- deputize
- despair
- desperate
- dirty work
- disproportionate
- duplicate
- echo
