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somewhere

[ suhm-hwair, -wair ]

adverb

  1. in or at some place not specified, determined, or known:

    They live somewhere in Michigan.

  2. to some place not specified or known:

    They went out somewhere.

  3. at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually followed by about, near, etc.):

    He is somewhere about 60 years old.

  4. 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

  1. an unspecified or uncertain place.

somewhere

/ ˈsʌmˌwɛə /

adverb

  1. in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or point

    somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock

    somewhere in England

  2. get somewhere informal.
    to make progress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of somewhere1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; some, where
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Idioms and Phrases

In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere , also see get somewhere ; (somewhere) or other .
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Example Sentences

But maybe you have to start somewhere else — with Lamont Waltman Marvin, Monty, his father, the Chief, the old man.

The detectives are still at it, seeking to account for a period of time when Brinsley may well have paused to sit somewhere.

Maybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think.

How a car would be sent to collect him and he would be taken somewhere.

(Somewhere, on another cloud, live gigabytes of photos from these very parties).

The King of Delhi had a hunting-lodge somewhere in the locality, but he had never seen the place.

The lovers got up, with only a silent protest, and walked slowly away somewhere else.

He decided not to return home directly; he wanted to go somewhere, but did not care to stay in Chicago.

I have never known a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.

"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.

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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.

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