OTHERWISE


Meaning of OTHERWISE in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

You use ~ after stating a situation or fact, in order to say what the result or consequence would be if this situation or fact was not the case.

Make a note of the questions you want to ask. You will invariably forget some of them ~...

I’m lucky that I’m interested in school work, ~ I’d go mad.

ADV: ADV with cl

2.

You use ~ before stating the general condition or quality of something, when you are also mentioning an exception to this general condition or quality.

The decorations for the games have lent a splash of colour to an ~ drab city.

...a blue and gold caravan, slightly travel-stained but ~ in good condition.

ADV: ADV group

3.

You use ~ to refer in a general way to actions or situations that are very different from, or the opposite to, your main statement. (WRITTEN)

Take approximately 60mg up to four times a day, unless advised ~ by a doctor...

All photographs are by the author unless ~ stated.

ADV: ADV with v

4.

You use ~ to indicate that other ways of doing something are possible in addition to the way already mentioned.

The studio could punish its players by keeping them out of work, and ~ controlling their lives.

ADV: ADV before v

5.

You use or ~ or and ~ to mention something that is not the thing just referred to or is the opposite of that thing.

It was for the police to assess the validity or ~ of the evidence...

I was feeling really ill, mentally and ~.

PHRASE: n/adj PHR

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