Kilo Lingo

somewhere

/ˈsʌm.weə/

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Translation

In or to some place, but you do not say which one.

Word origin

From some plus where, so it means in some place.

Origin
Middle English
Root
some and where

Examples

.

"Somewhere" means in some place, but we do not know which.

.

Here "somewhere" means to some place, without saying which one.

near .

Here "somewhere" points to a place we cannot name exactly.

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This word is part of lesson 16.