else

Definitions

1. adjective

   Other, or in addition to what was mentioned.

   Examples

   • The teacher is busy. Can anyone else help me?
   • Whatever else she is, she is not a surgeon.
2. adverb

   Otherwise, or in another way, time or place.

   Examples

   • How else can it be done?
   • I am busy Friday. When else can you meet?
   ≈otherwise
3. conjunction

   Used to say what would happen if something were not true.

   Examples

   • Study hard, else you will fail the test.
   • It must be true, else he would not have lived.