else adj
1. other than what is under consideration or implied; "ask somebody else"; "I don't know what else to do"; "where else can we look?"
2. more; "would you like anything else?"; "I have nothing else to say" [syn: else(ip), additional] adv
3. additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner; "nobody else is here"; "she ignored everything else"; "I don't know where else to look"; "when else can we have the party?"; "couldn't decide how else it could be done"
4. (usually used with `or') if not, then; "watch your step or else you may fall"; "leave or else I'll get angry"

Else \Else\, a. & pron. [OE. & AS. elles otherwise, gen. sing. of an adj. signifying other; akin to OHG. elles otherwise, OSw. ["a]ljes, Sw. eljest, Goth. aljis, adj., other, L. alius, Gr. ?. Cf. Alias, Alien.] Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else? ``Bastards and else.'' --Shak. Note: This word always follows its noun. It is usual to give the possessive form to else rather than to the substantive; as, somebody else's; no one else's. ``A boy who is fond of somebody else's pencil case.'' --G. Eliot. ``A suit of clothes like everybody else's.'' --Thackeray.

Else \Else\, adv. & conj.
1. Besides; except that mentioned; in addition; as, nowhere else; no one else.
2. Otherwise; in the other, or the contrary, case; if the facts were different. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it. --Ps. li. 16. Note: After `or', else is sometimes used expletively, as simply noting an alternative. ``Will you give thanks, . . . or else shall I?'' --Shak.

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• Meaning: Danish form of Scottish Ailsa which is either the diminutive of Elizabeth (pledge from God) or named for the island, Ailsa Craig.
• Origin: Danish
• Gender: Female

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