Advertisement
Advertisement
somewhere
[ suhm-hwair, -wair ]
adverb
- in or at some place not specified, determined, or known:
They live somewhere in Michigan.
- to some place not specified or known:
They went out somewhere.
- at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually followed by about, near, etc.):
He is somewhere about 60 years old.
- at some point of time (usually followed by about, between, in, etc.):
somewhere about 1930; somewhere between 1930 and 1940; somewhere in the 1930s.
noun
- an unspecified or uncertain place.
somewhere
/ ˈ²õÊŒ³¾ËŒ·Éɛə /
adverb
- in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or point
somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock
somewhere in England
- get somewhere informal.to make progress
Spelling Note
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of somewhere1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere , also see get somewhere ; (somewhere) or other .Example Sentences
"It's a huge loss to us all. Even now I find it hard to believe she's still not here I have to just think she's somewhere else," Kimberley's mother Karrie McAssey said.
"It pains us to even say that is the case. It's not somewhere we expected to be and it's embarrassing - we're not going to shy away from that."
"I will watch them and it's usually just the good clips so it's pretty good to watch. I always know that there's somewhere I have not done the right thing."
So there's video somewhere of everyone with the door open on the toilet.
A sharp, funny woman with shoulder-length white hair, Susan tells me her story from her sunny front room somewhere in southern England.
Advertisement
Related ˜yÐÄvlogs
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse