Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to refer to a place without saying exactly where you mean.
I’ve got a feeling I’ve seen him before ~...
I’m not going home yet. I have to go ~ else first...
‘Perhaps we can talk ~ privately,’ said Kesler...
Somewhere in Ian’s room were some of the letters that she had sent him...
I needed ~ to live in London.
ADV: ADV after v, ADV with be , oft ADV cl/group, from ADV
2.
You use ~ when giving an approximate amount, number, or time.
Caray is ~ between 73 and 80 years of age...
The W.H.O. safety standard for ozone levels is ~ about a hundred...
ADV: ADV prep
3.
If you say that you are getting ~, you mean that you are making progress towards achieving something.
At last they were agreeing, at last they were getting ~...
PHRASE: V inflects