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Meaning of somewhere in English
somewhere adverb (PLACE)
somewhere else Can we go somewhere else to talk - it's very noisy here.
or somewhere Wouldn't you like to go to Disneyland or somewhere (= or to a similar place)?
Note:
- Somewhere is not usually used in negatives and questions.
somewhere adverb (APPROXIMATELY)
somewhere around, between, etc.
Grammar
Idiom
(Definition of somewhere from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
somewhere | American Dictionary
somewhere adverb [not gradable] (PLACE)
Can we go somewhere and talk?
Note:
- "Anywhere" is usually used instead of "somewhere" in negative sentences and questions.
somewhere adverb [not gradable] (APPROXIMATELY)
Idiom
(Definition of somewhere from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of somewhere
somewhere
I guess you should always have these leaflets somewhere there with you in your bag.
The excellence of some passages does not compensate for the book's flaws, but will ensure that it remains on my bookshelves, somewhere.
Once we fix or trap the target somewhere and remove the obstacles around it, we can access the target easily by the mechanical micromanipulator.
The contrast is stark, and, in my own view, the reality of grammar lies somewhere in the middle between these two extremes.
Neither of these extremes looks promising in itself, so no doubt the best answer lies somewhere in between - a combination of instruction and experience.
The truth is probably somewhere in between these extremes.
Consequently, each social group of farmers adopted an attitude toward cooperation that was somewhere between the following two extremes.
We assume here that the events causing slots to change their values are described somewhere else in the ontology as concepts themselves.
The corresponding standard range for the sociotropic effect is somewhere between 2.8 and 5.3 per cent.
The truth of the matter probably lies somewhere in between.
However, it does go somewhere to addressing some.
The biological-design argument proceeds as follows (again in rough outline) : it's incredibly unlikely that biologically complex organisms would exist somewhere or other in our universe.
He thought we were getting somewhere, but now he's not so sure.
The young man in the story is an actor travelling from one place to another in search of somewhere to perform.
I wonder how many other people there were who started to write with that picture of the boy led away somewhere in their head?
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Translations of somewhere
in Chinese (Traditional)
地方, 在某處，在某地, 大約…
in Chinese (Simplified)
地方, 在某处，在某地, 大约…
in Spanish
a/en algún lugar, algún lugar, algún sitio…
in Portuguese
em algum lugar, algum lugar, aproximadamente…
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どこかに（で、へ）, どこか, 大体（だいたい）…
bir yere, bir yerde, bir yerde/yere…
குறிப்பிடப்படாத அல்லது அறியப்படாத நிலையில் உள்ள இடத்தில் அல்லது இடத்தில்…
et eller annet sted, et sted, et (eller annet) sted…
বলা বা জানা নেই এমন কোনো অবস্থানে / জায়গায়…
trong, ở, đến một nơi nào đó…
qualche parte, un posto, in qualche parte…
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