Advertisement
Advertisement
somewhere
[ suhm-hwair, -wair ]
adverb
- in or at some place not specified, determined, or known:
They live somewhere in Michigan.
- to some place not specified or known:
They went out somewhere.
- at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually followed by about, near, etc.):
He is somewhere about 60 years old.
- 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
- an unspecified or uncertain place.
somewhere
/ ˈʌˌɛə /
adverb
- in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or point
somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock
somewhere in England
- get somewhere informal.to make progress
Spelling Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of somewhere1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere , also see get somewhere ; (somewhere) or other .Example Sentences
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.
"It's a real relief, actually, to have somewhere like this in the community where you get welcomed in," she said.
"In the meantime I've had to order flowers from somewhere else," she said.
"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.
“If you’ve been somewhere for a year, you get more comfortable, you get more acclimated. And when you have success, you gain confidence.”
Advertisement
Related Words
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.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse