elsewhere

Everyday

In or to another place, somewhere else. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: «look elsewhere» if you can't find something; in maps and geography it compares places: «it is colder here than elsewhere». In stories it moves the scene to another place. Phrases: «look elsewhere», «go elsewhere», «here and elsewhere».

Examples

• The shop was closed, so we went elsewhere. tree →
• My keys aren't here; they must be elsewhere. tree →
• It rained in our town but was sunny elsewhere. tree →
• If the bench is wet, sit elsewhere. tree →
• Meanwhile, elsewhere in the forest, the wolf was waiting. tree →
• The rest of the class is elsewhere in the school. tree →
• If they were not dead, they had flown elsewhere. tree →

Note

One word. It is an adverb, so it does not take «the» or «a». Same as «somewhere else». Say «nowhere else», not «nowhere elsewhere».

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: «look elsewhere» if you can't find something; in maps and geography it compares places: «it is colder here than elsewhere». In stories it moves the scene to another place. Phrases: «look elsewhere», «go elsewhere», «here and elsewhere».

Examples

• Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

One word. It is an adverb, so it does not take «the» or «a». Same as «somewhere else». Say «nowhere else», not «nowhere elsewhere».