/ els; NAmE / adverb (used in questions or after nothing , nobody , something , anything , etc.)
1.
in addition to sth already mentioned :
What else did he say?
I don't want anything else, thanks.
I'm taking a few clothes and some books, not much else.
2.
different :
Ask somebody else to help you.
Haven't you got anything else to wear?
Why didn't you come? Everybody else was there.
Yes I did give it to her. What else could I do?
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IDIOMS
- or else
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English elles , of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch els and Swedish eljest .