# elsewhere

Pronunciation: US say "ELS-wair" /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/; UK say "els-WAIR" /ˌɛlsˈʍɛə/

## Adverb

1. In, at, or to some other place rather than the present one.
   - Simple: In, at, or to a different place, not here.
   - _The factory shut down here and moved its operations elsewhere._
   - _Prices were too high, so the buyers took their business elsewhere._

## Noun

2. A location other than the one you are in now.
   - Simple: A different place that is not here.
   - _The novel romanticizes elsewhere as a cure for every disappointment._
   - _Travelers often imagine that elsewhere holds the happiness they cannot find at home._

## Origin

From Middle English elswher, from Old English elles hwǣr, formed from else + where. It is related to Old High German alleswār ("elsewhere").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/elsewhere (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).