# somewhere

Pronunciation: say "SUM-wair" US /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/, UK /ˈsʌm.wɛː/

## Adverb

1. In, at, or to a place that is not known or not named.
   - Simple: In or to a place, when you do not know or do not say which place.
   - _The documents are filed somewhere in the basement archive._
   - _He grew up somewhere along the Gulf Coast, though he never says exactly where._
2. At some point that is not precisely specified, often within a range of time, quantity, or sequence.
   - Simple: At a point that is not exact, such as a time or an amount.
   - _Somewhere in the second chapter, the story takes a darker turn._
   - _The repairs will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of five thousand dollars._

## Noun

3. A place or location that is unspecified or unknown.
   - Simple: A place whose name or location is not given.
   - _Finding somewhere affordable to rent has become the biggest worry for young people in the city._
   - _The hotel was fully booked, so we spent an hour looking for somewhere else to stay._

## Other meanings

- (noun) Someone whose sense of identity is rooted in one particular place, through strong cultural and social attachments to it.

## Origin

Formed from "some" combined with "where".

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