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{
"term": "else",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in addition to something already mentioned",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "What else did he say?"
},
{
"text": "I don't want anything else, thanks."
},
{
"text": "I'm taking a few clothes and some books, not much else."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "different",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ask somebody else to help you."
},
{
"text": "Haven't you got anything else to wear?"
},
{
"text": "Why didn't you come? Everybody else was there."
},
{
"text": "Yes I did give it to her. What else could I do?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "if not",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Keep your mouth shut, else we'll be in trouble."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if not",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Hurry up or else you'll be late."
},
{
"text": "They can't be coming or else they'd have called."
}
],
"synonyms": "otherwise"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to introduce the second of two possibilities",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He either forgot or else decided not to come."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used to threaten or warn somebody",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Just shut up, or else!"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/els/",
"audio": "el/else/else__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/els/",
"audio": "el/else/else__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English elles, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch els and Swedish eljest."
}