Definition of: else

(els) adverb
1. In a different place, time, or way; elsewhere.
2. If the case or facts were different; otherwise; besides; instead.
—adjective Additional; different: somebody else: What else can I do?
—conj. If not; under other conditions. [OE elles]♦ The expressions someone else, anyone else, everyone else, somebody else, etc., are in good usage treated as substantive phrases and have the possessive inflection upon the else: somebody else's umbrella.