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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

/ ˈʌˌɛə /

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
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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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It is unclear, especially as many systems fail in electricity supply quite frequently, not only renewables, and outages on this scale happen somewhere in the world around once a year on average.

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"It's a real relief, actually, to have somewhere like this in the community where you get welcomed in," she said.

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"In the meantime I've had to order flowers from somewhere else," she said.

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"We need a framework. If people don't have an idea of what to do, then very often they will just do nothing or shunt it on to somewhere else," Ms Matuozzo said.

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“If you’ve been somewhere for a year, you get more comfortable, you get more acclimated. And when you have success, you gain confidence.”

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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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