somewhereadv.n.

Brit.

/ˈsʌmwɛː/, U.S.

/ˈsəmˌ(h)wɛ(ə)r/

Forms: Middle English ( Orm.) summhwær, Middle English sumwhare, sumwhore, sumwher(e, 1500s sumwhear; Middle English sumquar(e, sumquer, Middle English sumqwhare; Middle English sumwar, somwar; Middle English some-, Middle English somwhare; Middle English sommewhere, Middle English–1600s somwhere, Middle English– somewhere.

Etymology: < some adj.¹ + where adv., conj., and n. Down to the end of the 16th cent. frequently written as two words.

A. adv.

a. In or at some place unspecified, indeterminate, or unknown.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > somewhere

somewherec1175

somegate1816

somewheres1859

someplace1880

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6929 Forr þatt he wass forrdredd tatt teȝȝ. himm sholldenn summwhær hidenn.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4344 King arþure was þer of ywar, & þoȝte..Wiþ al is poer bi þe wey somwar him kepe.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 He haþ hewe sumwher a burþen of brere.

1483 Cath. Angl. 371/2 Sumqwhare, alicubi.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIiii An holy saynt..serued in many churches, & some where here in Englande.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 14 Others..wander up and downe to meet somewhere with a refreshing shade.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 256 What malicious Foe..somwhere nigh at hand Watches.

1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. x. 390 A paper in her hand-writing, which she had somewhere lost.

1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. As it was suspected that he was lurking somewhere on the property, his family were closely watched.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iii. xxii. 154 Arthur must be somewhere in the back rooms.

1878 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. xxvi. 448 There's something wrong somewhere.

b. With correlative somewhere or otherwhere.

ΚΠ

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. iv In coloure..somewhare he [a river] is clere and somewhare he is dymme.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 423 Many places lying waste, somewhere for want of water, somewhere for want of manurance, somewhere for abundance of light sand.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 493 A Regall Commission..beeing some-where obeyed, and other-where suspended.

c. somewhere else adv. in some other place, elsewhere.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > elsewhere

elsewhereOE

otherwherea1400

allwhere1439

another gatea1450

somewhere elsec1450

again1555

otherwheres1563

alibi1639

c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) l. 668 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 229 Man, þou must þerfore suffre payn For þi synnes, heere or sumwhere ellis.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 823/1 Some where els, quelque aultre part.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iii. 41 Shee is so imploid,..with Ioue in heauen, or some where else, So that [etc.] .

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ailleurs, elsewhere, somewhere else.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 603/2 We must therefore look some where else for the Cause of our present Uneasiness.

d. somewhere or another or other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > somewhere

otherwherea1400

somewhere or another or other1791

somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.)1914

1791 C. Smith Celestina I. 129 Here Daniel, prythee take and stow it somewhere or another.

1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 59 ‘I have heard somewhere or another,’ said he, ‘that’ [etc.].

1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa (1854) i. 2 Somewhere or other in England there is a flat bleak high-lying district, which [etc.].

e. somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.): in a location that cannot be specified exactly, for reasons of censorship, security, etc. Also in extended use (typically to convey a sense of mystery or secrecy): in a location that one does not wish to specify exactly.The phrase was frequently used in news reports during the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45) because censorship restrictions meant that precise locations of troops, etc., could not be disclosed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > somewhere

otherwherea1400

somewhere or another or other1791

somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.)1914

1914 Financial Times 30 Oct. 5/6 At least 100 men are with the Colours and serving the Allies ‘somewhere in France’.

1915 Illustr. London News 20 Feb. 233 (caption) The War Area as seen by the Airman: ‘somewhere in Flanders’ photographed from a reconnoitring Aeroplane.

1915 Daily Sketch 17 Aug. 12/1 None of these soldiers a year ago expected to be snapped one day..—somewhere in Egypt.

1918 Wireless World 6 390 A Wireless Section ‘Somewhere in England’.

1939 War Illustr. 14 Oct. 144 From ‘Somewhere in England’ to ‘Somewhere in France’: 1939 Echoes the Story of 1914.

1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. viii. 52 If our lads was fightin' like 'ell somewhere in France, why yer'd see them production figures take a high jump.

1943 Gramophone Sept. 63/3 From Mr. Tony Puddy, Somewhere-in-England.

1973 Jewish Chron. 9 Feb. 15/2 The girls I visited recently on a training course ‘somewhere in Israel’ were not all bunched together in one group.

1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xvii. 400 The Somewhere-in-England sense of makeshift habitation which enshrines the secret nostalgia of every exiled correspondent.

1990 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 4 Apr. 3 President F W de Klerk and his cabinet began a two-day working session ‘somewhere in the Boland’ yesterday to discuss the political situation in South Africa.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 14/3 They [sc. contestants on a reality TV programme] had been there for two weeks and were showing the strain, holed up in a dormitory ‘somewhere in London’.

2. To some (unspecified or unknown) place. Usually with the verb go.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > in some direction > to or towards some place

somewherec1403

somewhither1530

c1403 T. Clanvowe Cuckoo & Nightingale 112 Now, gode Cukkow! go som-where away.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. ix Is it not likely that she wyl sende hym somewhere out of the realme?

1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. G2 To..carry you obscurely some where els.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 5 Perhaps..from the Mart he's somewhere gone to dinner.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 42 We were upon a Voyage and no Voyage, we were bound some where and no where.

1780 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 359 Charles is gone out of town somewhere to-day.

†3. In some places; here and there. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adverb] > here and there or in various places

to and froc1440

overthwarta1522

sundrywhere1548

somewhere1563

1563 A. Nowell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 20 The coopie..was interlined and sumwhear blotted.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxxiii. 593 The Turnep loueth an open place, it is sowen somwhere in vineyardes, as at Huygarden and the Countrie thereaboutes.

4. In some part or passage of a book, etc.; in some work or other.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [adverb] > in some place in a book

somewhere1634

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 74 The Bashaw, in this Jtenarary some where spoken of.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxiii. 137 A Fable I somewhere met with in the writings of a Swiss Philosopher.

1780 Mirror No. 102 Lord Chesterfield says somewhere, that, to..act with spirit, is to..act foolishly.

1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV cx. 126 As some one somewhere sings about the sky.

a. At some time about or in (a certain specified year, date, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time > approximately

thereabout1297

thereabouts1561

thenabouts1589

some1595

hereabout1675

somewhere1839

1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 168/1 He is said to have been born somewhere about a.d. 40.

1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths iii. §91 An old English cottage,..perhaps built somewhere in the Charleses' times.

1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole iv. 32 I woke up out of my nap somewhere about five o'clock.

b. somewhere about, approximately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase]

plus minus1611

or soa1616

a matter of1645

there or (and) thereaboutsa1696

the matter of1829

somewhere about1846

in the neighbourhood of1847

in the region of1865

of the order of1903

give or take1958

not unadjacent to1966

1846 J. E. Ryland in Life & Corr. J. Foster II. 343 He kept his room somewhere about two months.

1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. vi. 157 The sun's radiation is..somewhere about thirty-fold that of the same area of the furnace of a locomotive.

B. n.

Some unspecified or indefinite place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [noun] > somewhere

somewhere1647

someplace1922

1647 A. Cowley Mistress (1669) 22 Then down I laid my Head; and for a while was Dead, And my freed Soul to a strange Somewhere fled.

1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, in New Opera's 145 I would fain think now, But that my Spirits, with my Blood, are posting To their new some-where.

1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 54 It was a somewhere, a home.

1914 R. Brooke Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. cxiii I shall be glad to be back among you all, and tied to somewhere in England.

1914 R. Brooke Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. cxvii I want somewhere I needn't always be spick and span in, and somewhere I don't have to pay a vast sum.

1928 W. B. Yeats Tower 8 And I myself created Hanrahan And drove him drunk or sober through the dawn From somewhere in the neighbouring cottages.

1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart ii. 69 All their people came from Scotland or Ireland or Wales or Jerusalem or somewhere.

1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 139 A big dog, a hound with a strain of mastiff from somewhere.

1958 B. W. Aldiss Non-stop ii. ii. 79 The ship..has come from somewhere and is going to somewhere. These somewheres are more important than the ship.

Derivatives

ˈsomewheres adv. dialect or vulgar

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]

somec888

aboutOE

thereabouts1413

thereabout1534

thereby1563

nearabout1567

thereupona1676

thereaway1815

nearabouts1834

somewheres1859

let us say1863

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > somewhere

somewherec1175

somegate1816

somewheres1859

someplace1880

1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 428 A hundred dollars, or somewheres there along.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxviii. 236 I know you've got that ship safe somewheres.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	somewhere
释义	somewhereadv.n. Brit. /ˈsʌmwɛː/, U.S. /ˈsəmˌ(h)wɛ(ə)r/ Forms: Middle English ( Orm.) summhwær, Middle English sumwhare, sumwhore, sumwher(e, 1500s sumwhear; Middle English sumquar(e, sumquer, Middle English sumqwhare; Middle English sumwar, somwar; Middle English some-, Middle English somwhare; Middle English sommewhere, Middle English–1600s somwhere, Middle English– somewhere. Etymology: < some adj.¹ + where adv., conj., and n. Down to the end of the 16th cent. frequently written as two words. A. adv. 1. a. In or at some place unspecified, indeterminate, or unknown. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > somewhere somewherec1175 somegate1816 somewheres1859 someplace1880 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6929 Forr þatt he wass forrdredd tatt teȝȝ. himm sholldenn summwhær hidenn. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4344 King arþure was þer of ywar, & þoȝte..Wiþ al is poer bi þe wey somwar him kepe. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 70 He haþ hewe sumwher a burþen of brere. 1483 Cath. Angl. 371/2 Sumqwhare, alicubi. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIiii An holy saynt..serued in many churches, & some where here in Englande. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 14 Others..wander up and downe to meet somewhere with a refreshing shade. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 256 What malicious Foe..somwhere nigh at hand Watches. View more context for this quotation 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. viii. x. 390 A paper in her hand-writing, which she had somewhere lost. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. As it was suspected that he was lurking somewhere on the property, his family were closely watched. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iii. xxii. 154 Arthur must be somewhere in the back rooms. 1878 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. xxvi. 448 There's something wrong somewhere. b. With correlative somewhere or otherwhere. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xiii. iv In coloure..somewhare he [a river] is clere and somewhare he is dymme. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 423 Many places lying waste, somewhere for want of water, somewhere for want of manurance, somewhere for abundance of light sand. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 493 A Regall Commission..beeing some-where obeyed, and other-where suspended. c. somewhere else adv. in some other place, elsewhere. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > elsewhere elsewhereOE otherwherea1400 allwhere1439 another gatea1450 somewhere elsec1450 again1555 otherwheres1563 alibi1639 c1450 W. Lichefeld Complaint of God (Lamb. 853) l. 668 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 229 Man, þou must þerfore suffre payn For þi synnes, heere or sumwhere ellis. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 823/1 Some where els, quelque aultre part. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iii. 41 Shee is so imploid,..with Ioue in heauen, or some where else, So that [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ailleurs, elsewhere, somewhere else. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 603/2 We must therefore look some where else for the Cause of our present Uneasiness. d. somewhere or another or other. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > somewhere otherwherea1400 somewhere or another or other1791 somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.)1914 1791 C. Smith Celestina I. 129 Here Daniel, prythee take and stow it somewhere or another. 1799 E. Dubois Piece Family Biogr. I. 59 ‘I have heard somewhere or another,’ said he, ‘that’ [etc.]. 1852 C. W. Hoskyns Talpa (1854) i. 2 Somewhere or other in England there is a flat bleak high-lying district, which [etc.]. e. somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.): in a location that cannot be specified exactly, for reasons of censorship, security, etc. Also in extended use (typically to convey a sense of mystery or secrecy): in a location that one does not wish to specify exactly.The phrase was frequently used in news reports during the First World War (1914–18) and Second World War (1939–45) because censorship restrictions meant that precise locations of troops, etc., could not be disclosed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > somewhere otherwherea1400 somewhere or another or other1791 somewhere in France (also England, London, etc.)1914 1914 Financial Times 30 Oct. 5/6 At least 100 men are with the Colours and serving the Allies ‘somewhere in France’. 1915 Illustr. London News 20 Feb. 233 (caption) The War Area as seen by the Airman: ‘somewhere in Flanders’ photographed from a reconnoitring Aeroplane. 1915 Daily Sketch 17 Aug. 12/1 None of these soldiers a year ago expected to be snapped one day..—somewhere in Egypt. 1918 Wireless World 6 390 A Wireless Section ‘Somewhere in England’. 1939 War Illustr. 14 Oct. 144 From ‘Somewhere in England’ to ‘Somewhere in France’: 1939 Echoes the Story of 1914. 1943 J. B. Priestley Daylight on Sat. viii. 52 If our lads was fightin' like 'ell somewhere in France, why yer'd see them production figures take a high jump. 1943 Gramophone Sept. 63/3 From Mr. Tony Puddy, Somewhere-in-England. 1973 Jewish Chron. 9 Feb. 15/2 The girls I visited recently on a training course ‘somewhere in Israel’ were not all bunched together in one group. 1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xvii. 400 The Somewhere-in-England sense of makeshift habitation which enshrines the secret nostalgia of every exiled correspondent. 1990 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 4 Apr. 3 President F W de Klerk and his cabinet began a two-day working session ‘somewhere in the Boland’ yesterday to discuss the political situation in South Africa. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 14/3 They [sc. contestants on a reality TV programme] had been there for two weeks and were showing the strain, holed up in a dormitory ‘somewhere in London’. 2. To some (unspecified or unknown) place. Usually with the verb go. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > in some direction > to or towards some place somewherec1403 somewhither1530 c1403 T. Clanvowe Cuckoo & Nightingale 112 Now, gode Cukkow! go som-where away. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. ix Is it not likely that she wyl sende hym somewhere out of the realme? 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. G2 To..carry you obscurely some where els. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 5 Perhaps..from the Mart he's somewhere gone to dinner. View more context for this quotation 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 42 We were upon a Voyage and no Voyage, we were bound some where and no where. 1780 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 359 Charles is gone out of town somewhere to-day. †3. In some places; here and there. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adverb] > here and there or in various places to and froc1440 overthwarta1522 sundrywhere1548 somewhere1563 1563 A. Nowell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 20 The coopie..was interlined and sumwhear blotted. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xxxiii. 593 The Turnep loueth an open place, it is sowen somwhere in vineyardes, as at Huygarden and the Countrie thereaboutes. 4. In some part or passage of a book, etc.; in some work or other. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [adverb] > in some place in a book somewhere1634 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 74 The Bashaw, in this Jtenarary some where spoken of. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxiii. 137 A Fable I somewhere met with in the writings of a Swiss Philosopher. 1780 Mirror No. 102 Lord Chesterfield says somewhere, that, to..act with spirit, is to..act foolishly. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV cx. 126 As some one somewhere sings about the sky. 5. a. At some time about or in (a certain specified year, date, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time > approximately thereabout1297 thereabouts1561 thenabouts1589 some1595 hereabout1675 somewhere1839 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 168/1 He is said to have been born somewhere about a.d. 40. 1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths iii. §91 An old English cottage,..perhaps built somewhere in the Charleses' times. 1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole iv. 32 I woke up out of my nap somewhere about five o'clock. b. somewhere about, approximately. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase] plus minus1611 or soa1616 a matter of1645 there or (and) thereaboutsa1696 the matter of1829 somewhere about1846 in the neighbourhood of1847 in the region of1865 of the order of1903 give or take1958 not unadjacent to1966 1846 J. E. Ryland in Life & Corr. J. Foster II. 343 He kept his room somewhere about two months. 1876 P. G. Tait Lect. Recent Adv. in Physical Sci. vi. 157 The sun's radiation is..somewhere about thirty-fold that of the same area of the furnace of a locomotive. B. n. Some unspecified or indefinite place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [noun] > somewhere somewhere1647 someplace1922 1647 A. Cowley Mistress (1669) 22 Then down I laid my Head; and for a while was Dead, And my freed Soul to a strange Somewhere fled. 1721 T. D'Urfey Grecian Heroine v. i, in New Opera's 145 I would fain think now, But that my Spirits, with my Blood, are posting To their new some-where. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. 54 It was a somewhere, a home. 1914 R. Brooke Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. cxiii I shall be glad to be back among you all, and tied to somewhere in England. 1914 R. Brooke Let. 7 Mar. in Coll. Poems (1918) p. cxvii I want somewhere I needn't always be spick and span in, and somewhere I don't have to pay a vast sum. 1928 W. B. Yeats Tower 8 And I myself created Hanrahan And drove him drunk or sober through the dawn From somewhere in the neighbouring cottages. 1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart ii. 69 All their people came from Scotland or Ireland or Wales or Jerusalem or somewhere. 1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 139 A big dog, a hound with a strain of mastiff from somewhere. 1958 B. W. Aldiss Non-stop ii. ii. 79 The ship..has come from somewhere and is going to somewhere. These somewheres are more important than the ship. Derivatives ˈsomewheres adv. dialect or vulgar ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > somewhere somewherec1175 somegate1816 somewheres1859 someplace1880 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 428 A hundred dollars, or somewheres there along. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxviii. 236 I know you've got that ship safe somewheres. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.c1175
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