else

adj.

1. Other; different: Ask somebody else.
2. Additional; more: Would you like anything else?

adv.

1. In a different or additional time, place, or manner: I always do it this way and I don't know how else it could be done. Where else do you want to go besides Miami?
2. If not; otherwise: Be careful, or else you will make a mess.

idiom:

or else

1. Regardless of any extenuating circumstances: Be there on time or else!

[Middle English elles, from Old English.]

USAGE NOTE   Else is often used redundantly in combination with prepositions such as but, except, and besides. The sentence No one else but Sam saw the accident would thus be better without else. • When a pronoun is followed by else, the possessive form is generally written with the 's following else: That must be someone else's (not someone's else) book. Both who else's and whose else are in use, but not whose else's: Who else's book could it have been? Whose else could it have been? See Usage Notes at who, whose.

IN BRIEF: Other than what is under consideration or implied.

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. — Albert Camus, (1913-1960), French philosopher and writer, Nobel Prize winner.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: other than what is under consideration or implied

Meaning #2: more
  Synonym: additional

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The adverb else has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: additional to or different from this one or place or time or manner

Meaning #2: (usually used with `or') if not, then

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Common misspelling(s) of else

• esle

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - anden, andet, ellers, yderligere, desuden
adj. - anden, andet

idioms:

• above all else    over alt andet
• if nothing else    om ikke andet så for
• or else    eller jeg skal..

Nederlands (Dutch)
anders

Français (French)
adv. - autre, d'autre, de plus
adj. - quelqu'un d'autre, n'importe qui d'autre, autre, différent

idioms:

• above all else    ce qui prime, ce qui est primordial
• or else    sinon, ou bien, autrement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - andernfalls, sonst
adj. - ander(er, e, es)

idioms:

• above all else    vor allem
• or else    andernfalls

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - αλλιώς, αλλιώτικα, αλλού, (οποιοσδήποτε) άλλος, ειδεμή, ειδάλλως

idioms:

• above all else    πάνω απ' όλα
• if nothing else    αν μη τι άλλο
• or else    ειδάλλως, διαφορετικά

Italiano (Italian)
d'altronde

idioms:

• above all else    soprattutto
• if nothing else    per lo meno
• or else    altrimenti

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - de outra forma, em outro lugar
adj. - outro
conj. - ou

idioms:

• above all else    acima de tudo
• if nothing else    no mínimo
• or else    senão, caso contrário

Русский (Russian)
еще, кроме, иначе, другой

idioms:

• above all else    во-первых
• if nothing else    по крайней мере
• or else    а иначе...

Español (Spanish)
adv. - más, en vez de, además
adj. - otro, más

idioms:

• above all else    ante todo
• or else    o bien, si no, de otro modo

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - annars, annan, mer

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
其他, 另外, 否则, 要不然, 别的, 其他的

idioms:

• above all else    首先, 尤其是
• if nothing else    如果没有别的
• or else    否则, 要不然

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 其他, 另外, 否則, 要不然
adj. - 別的, 其他的

idioms:

• above all else    首先, 尤其是
• if nothing else    如果沒有別的
• or else    否則, 要不然

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 그밖에, 대신에, 아니면
adj. - 그 밖의, 게다가, 다른

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - そのほかに, 他に, でなければ

idioms:

• if all else fails    最悪の事態は
• or else    さもないと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) أيضا, بطريقه أخرى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮מלבד זאת, עוד, אחרת, ולא, באופן אחר, במקום‬
adj. - ‮אחר, נוסף על‬

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