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somewhere en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsʌm.hweːɹ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsʌm.wɛː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsʌm.wɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From some + where.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In an uncertain or unspecified location.
    • I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.
    • I must have left my glasses somewhere.
  2. (not-comparable) To an uncertain or unspecified location.
    • He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.
    • I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?
  3. (not-comparable) At some unspecified point.
    • I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300.
    • When a train has to ascend the incline, it first runs down, engine first, from the station about 60 or 70 yards. Then comes behind it the aforesaid truck, or one similar, which, being attached to an endless wire rope, a communication is made by means of the electric telegraph to the engineman at the top of the incline, when the fixed engine begins to work, and the train, partly pulled by the locomotive before, and partly pushed by the truck behind, rapidly ascends, taking somewhere about three minutes to get up. 1957 September 14, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 620, from Herapath's Journal:

Deriveds

somewhereness · somewhere else · somewhere over the rainbow · it's five o'clock somewhere · somewhere along the line

Relateds

anywhere · everywhere · nowhere · somebody · something · someone

Synonyms

somewheres · someplace

Translations (148)

ja どこかで (in some place) · sk niekde (in some place) · ru куда́-то (to some place) · nl ergens heen (to some place) · lld nzaul (in some place) · mi i te wāhi kē (in some place) · cs někde (in some place) · it da qualche parte (in some place) · cy rywle (to some place) · sk niekam (to some place) · eo ien (to some place) · is einhvers staðar (in some place) · it in qualche parte (in some place) · sl nekjé (in some place) · tr bir yerde (to some place) · sl nékam (to some place) · pt a algum lugar (to some place) · mk некаде (in some place) · nah cana (in some place) · it in qualche luogo (in some place) · cy i rywle (to some place) · sh не̏гдје (in some place) · pl gdzieś (to some place) · fi johonkin (to some place) · as কোনোবাফালে (to some place) · he הֵיכָן שֶׁהוּא (in some place) · ru где́-нибудь (in some place) · as কোনো এঠাইত (in some place) · ru куда́-нибудь (to some place) · be дзе́сьці (in some place) · he אֵיפֹה שֶׁהוּא (in some place) · et kuskil (in some place) · fi jossain (in some place) · es en algún sitio (in some place) · uk десь (to some place) · ur کَہِیں (in some place) · be дзе-не́будзь (in some place) · pt em algum lugar (in some place) · it da qualche parte (to some place) · te ఎక్కడో (in some place) · de irgendwo (in some place) · ltg nazkur (in some place) · da nogetsteds (in some place) · crh bir yerde (in some place) · pt algures (in some place) · kw neb le (in some place) · mr कुठे तरी (in some place) · fr quelque part (to some place) · mk некаде (to some place) · az harasa (to some place) · ang hwǣrhwugu (in some place) · tly ای جگایی (to some place) · es en algún lugar (in some place) · ro undeva (to some place) · el κάπου (in some place) · sv någonstans (in some place) · be дзе́сь (in some place) · ang hwæderhwugu (to some place) · ja どこかに (in some place) · crh bir yerge (to some place) · lv kaut kur (in some place) · be куды́сьці (to some place) · grc πού (in some place) · ltg kazyn kur (in some place) · sh nȅgde (in some place) · as কেনিবা (to some place) · nrf à tchique bord (in some place) · fo onkustaðni (in some place) · ary فشي موضع (in some place) · hu valahol (in some place) · kw neb tyller (in some place) · vi đâu đó (in some place) · yi ערגעץ (in some place) · wa ene sadju (in some place) · tg ким-куҷо (in some place) · eo ie (in some place) · sh nekamo (to some place) · az haradasa (in some place) · nrf à tchique bord (to some place) · sh некамо (to some place) · ary فشي بلاصة (in some place) · fa یه جایی (in some place) · lld nzaul (to some place) · ar مَكَان مَا (in some place) · as ক’ৰবালৈ (to some place) · la alicubi (in some place) · be куды́-не́будзь (to some place) · sv någonstans (to some place) · et kusagil (in some place) · sh nekuda (to some place) · wa kéke pårt (in some place) · uk десь (in some place) · la aliquō (to some place) · ru где́-то (in some place) · wa ene sawice (in some place) · fy earne (in some place) · cmn 某處 /某处 (to some place) · sh не̏где (in some place) · fi jossakin (in some place) · uk де-не́будь (in some place) · mk на некаде (to some place) · es en alguna parte (in some place) · es a alguna parte (to some place) · zdj pvahanu (in some place) · ko 어딘가에 (to some place) · cs někam (to some place) · bg не́йде (in some place) · kw neb tu (in some place) · pl gdzieś (in some place) · bg наня́къде (to some place) · mi ki te wāhi kē (to some place) · ja どこかへ (to some place) · te ఎక్కడికో (to some place) · ro undeva (in some place) · hi कहीं (in some place) · ka სადღაც (in some place) · lb anzwousch (in some place) · mr कुठे तरी (to some place) · cy rhywle (in some place) · ltg kur naviņ (in some place) · fi jonnekin (to some place) · gl algures (to some place) · de irgendwohin (to some place) · gl nalgures (in some place) · tr bir yerde (in some place) · hu valahová (to some place) · bg ня́къде (to some place) · be куды́сь (to some place) · grc κού (in some place) · gl nalgures (to some place) · nl ergens (in some place) · fr quelque part (in some place) · lt kažkur (in some place) · vi đâu đó (to some place) · fo einastaðni (in some place) · sh negdje (in some place) · pl dokądś (to some place) · ko 어딘가에 (in some place) · az hardasa (in some place) · sa कुत्रापि (in some place) · as ক’ৰবাত (in some place) · uk куди́сь (to some place) · sh некуда (to some place) · da nogensteds (in some place) · cmn 某處 /某处 (in some place) · it in qualche luogo (to some place) · bg ня́къде (in some place) · bn কোথাও (in some place)

somewhere en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsʌm.hweːɹ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈsʌm.wɛː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsʌm.wɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From some + where.

Meanings

  1. Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.
    • This is essentialised place: a somewhere that is nowhere and yet everywhere. 2015 November 1, Clare Brennan, “The Oresteia review – strong performances at odds with the setting”, in The Observer:
    • […] and it transports the person to a somewhere, a somewhere that the music dictates. 2012, Thomas M. Kitts, Finding Fogerty: Interdisciplinary Readings of John Fogerty, page 6:
    • A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off. 2008, Bill Watkins, The Once and Future Celt, page 283:
    • We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will go on, and on, and on. 1986, Joel S. Goldsmith, A Parenthesis in Eternity: Living the Mystical Life, page 100:
  2. (informal, uncommon) A person with strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
somewheres Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

cosmopolite · anywhere

Translations (7)

mi wāwā (some unspecified place) · es alguna parte (some unspecified place) · fi jokin paikka (some unspecified place) · mi wīwī (wīwī and wāwā usually used together) (some unspecified place) · mi wāhi kē (some unspecified place) · kk әлдеқайда (some unspecified place) · cy rhyw le (some unspecified place)