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[edit] English

Most common English words: stand « past « suppose « #503: else » entered » none » river

[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.

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[edit] Adjective

else (not comparable)

Positive
else

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
    Can anyone else (=any other person) help me?
    What else (=what other thing) is there?

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  • 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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[edit] Adverb

else (not comparable)

Positive
else

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. 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?

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[edit] Conjunction

else

  1. For otherwise; or else.
    Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent.
  2. (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.

  1. Plural form of elsa.