Else

adjective

/ɛls/

Word Frequency: 83.1

Definitions

1.adjective(used only with indefinite or interrogative pronouns) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.

"The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?"

2.adverb(follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.

"How else (=in what other way) can it be done?"

3.conjunctionFor otherwise; or else.

"Then the Wronskian of f and g must be nonzero, else they could not be linearly independent."

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