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somewhere

somewhere

1.0
In or at a place you do not know
  • adverb
  • /ˈsʌmˌwɛr/
translation icon : en algún lugar
  • We need to go somewhere to discuss this.
  • somewhere else
  • go somewhere
  • get somewhere

Quinlan had wound up somewhere other than hell.

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Examples

  • Why don't you spend the night somewhere around here?

  • I think it's time we went and found somewhere pleasant to have our tea.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • And that will probably end up somewhere like this.

  • Or maybe he takes the child and goes off somewhere instead.

  • I just think that the balance may be somewhere in between them still.

  • Okay, but I feel like we're really getting somewhere here.

  • We all come from somewhere.

  • Most of them seek refuge somewhere in Africa or the Middle East.

  • They were always mobile, always going somewhere, always changing.

  • We need to go somewhere quiet to talk about our plans.

Synonyms

someplace
vssomewhere
  • US
561 2.0

In or to a place that is not known

is the same meaning but used as an alternate form

Idioms

24 4.6

At some point during a process or series of events

How Widespread

worldwide
213 2.1
everyplace
  • US
1 2.0
here and there
138 1.7
somewhere
1.0
nowhere
1.0

Surface Forms

somewhere positive

Morphology

somewhere = some + where (transparent) = some + where

The adverbial meaning 'to an unspecified place' follows directly from the compound 'some' + 'where' and is easy for learners to infer.

Etymology

Somewhere is made of some and where, which mean 'some' and 'place'. So as an adverb somewhere means 'to, in, or at some unknown place', for example, 'He is hiding somewhere'.