or else

else

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [els]
- /ɔr ˈel(t)s/
- /ɔː(r) els/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [els]
- /ɔr ˈel(t)s/

Definitions of or else words

adjective or else other than the persons or things mentioned or implied: What else could I have done? 1
adjective or else in addition to the persons or things mentioned or implied: Who else was there? 1
adjective or else other or in addition (used in the possessive following an indefinite pronoun): someone else's money. 1
adverb or else if not (usually preceded by or): It's a macaw, or else I don't know birds. 1
adverb or else in some other way; otherwise: How else could I have acted? 1
adverb or else at some other place or time: Where else might I find this book? 1

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Origin of or else

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English, Old English elles (cognate with Old High German elles), equivalent to ell- other (cognate with Gothic aljis, Latin alius, Old Irish aile Greek állos, Armenian ayl other; cf. eldritch) + -es -s1

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Parts of speech for Or else

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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or else popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for or else

adv or else

contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
diversely — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.

conj or else

conversely — You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described.
in other words — that is to say

conjunction or else

either — Used before the first of two (or occasionally more ) alternatives that are being specified (the other being introduced by “ or ”).
else — thing other than
or — a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either or both operands are positive.

adverb or else

elsewise — (now rare) Otherwise.
otherwise — under other circumstances: Otherwise they may get broken.

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Antonyms for or else

conjunction or else

neither — not either; not the one or the other: Neither statement is true.
nor — a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.

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