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else

/ɛls/

adjective

Meaning

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

    "The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?"

adverb

Meaning

  • (follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

    "How else (=in what other way) can it be done?"

Synonyms

otherwise

conjunction

Meaning

  • For otherwise; or else.

    "Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent."