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[ suhm-hwair, -wair ] / ˈsʌmˌʰwɛər, -ˌwɛər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR somewhere ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbin 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. nounan unspecified or uncertain place. Origin of somewhereMiddle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at some, where usage note for somewhereSee anyplace. Words nearby somewheresometime, sometimes, someway, somewhat, somewhen, somewhere, somewhere along the line, somewheres, somewhile, somewhither, somewise Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for somewhereMaybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think. Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST (Somewhere, on another cloud, live gigabytes of photos from these very parties). I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet somewhere between soundchecks and read-throughs, he still finds time to keep diversifying his resumé. Renaissance Man Jared Leto Defies Categorization|The Daily Beast|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST After processing in everyone else, the cops took him somewhere for a reminder of their thoughts on “rapos.” A Million Ways to Die in Prison|Daniel Genis|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So it could have passed—no, would have passed—by somewhere in the 260-175 range. For Obama, Hell Week Has Arrived|Michael Tomasky|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Miss Mitford says somewhere,—to no one better than to herself does this apply. Our Village|Mary Russell Mitford I was no longer beneath the surface of the earth but was somewhere in the massive concrete structure of the City of Berlin. City of Endless Night|Milo Hastings "I was somewhere about this spot when the half-hour struck last night, for your clocks were fast," remarked Rupert. Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood Raymond was somewhere, perhaps quite close; but she no longer felt that she wanted to go to him. The Phantom Lover|Ruby M. Ayres He had plainly come many miles from somewhere across the vast horizon, as the dust upon him showed. The Virginian|Owen Wister
British Dictionary definitions for somewhere
adverbin, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or pointsomewhere in England; somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock get somewhere informal to make progress Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with somewhere
In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere also see: - get somewhere
- (somewhere) or other
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to somewhereelsewhere, around, someplace, here and there, somewheres, about, scattered, kicking around |