somewhere
adverbnountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈsʌm.wɛː//
- United Kingdom//ˈsʌm.wɛə//
- United States//ˈsʌm.wɛɹ//
- United States//ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ//
In an uncertain or unspecified location.
adverb
- 1
In an uncertain or unspecified location.
I must have left my glasses somewhere.
I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.
- 2
To an uncertain or unspecified location.
He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.
I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?
- 3
At some unspecified point.
I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300.
Etymology
From some + where.
noun
- 1
Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.
We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will go on, and on, and on.
A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off.
[…] and it transports the person to a somewhere, a somewhere that the music dictates.
This is essentialised place: a somewhere that is nowhere and yet everywhere.
- 2
informalA person with strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.
Forms
- plural
- somewheres
somewhere · In an uncertain or unspecified location.
son · One's male offspring.Son · One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have…son-in-law · The husband of one's child.