else
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English elles, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elios. Cognates include Latin alius, Ancient Greek ἄλλος, αἶλος (Arcadocypriot), (Modern Greek αλλιώς), Armenian այլ (ayl), Proto-Celtic *al(i)yo, Gothic aljis, Old Irish aile, Breton eil, Welsh all-, Cornish yl, Gaulish allos (in La Graufesenque), Proto-Germanic *aljeso (adverbial use of genitive neuter form of Proto-Germanic *aljo-), Swedish eljest, Danish ellers, Norwegian ellers.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
else (not comparable)
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Positive |
Superlative |
- Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
- Can anyone else (=any other person) help me?
- What else (=what other thing) is there?
[edit] Usage notes
- This adjective usually follows an indefinite or interrogative pronoun, as in the examples above. In other cases, the adjective other is typically used.
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Terms derived from the adjective else
[edit] Adverb
else (not comparable)
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Positive |
Superlative |
- Otherwise, if not.
- How else (=in what other way) can it be done?
- I'm busy Friday; when else (=what other time) works for you?
[edit] Usage notes
- (otherwise): This word frequently follows interrogative adverbs, such as how, why, and when, as well as the derived however, why ever, and whenever.
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[edit] Translations
word that implies any result with the exception of the one being referred to
statement in computing that indicates the result of a conditional statement (if) evaluating as false
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[edit] Conjunction
else
- For otherwise; or else.
- Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
- (computing, in many programming languages and pseudocode) but if the condition of the previous if clause is false, do the following.
- if (edits.Count == 0) { NoEditsLabel.Visible = true; }
- else { EditHistory.Show(edits); }
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
else f.
- Plural form of elsa.
