somewhere
Americanadverb
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in or at some place not specified, determined, or known.
They live somewhere in Michigan.
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to some place not specified or known.
They went out somewhere.
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at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually followed by about, near, etc.).
He is somewhere about 60 years old.
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at some point of time (usually followed by about, between, in, etc.).
somewhere about 1930; somewhere between 1930 and 1940; somewhere in the 1930s.
noun
adverb
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in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or point
somewhere in England
somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock
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informal to make progress
Spelling
See anyplace.
Etymology
Origin of somewhere
Example Sentences
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The Labour MP added the shopping centre had "always been a very safe place" and somewhere she has gone with her children.
From BBC
"They did give me assurance like 'OK, it's not the end of the life, we'll help you and you'll get somewhere'," he says.
From BBC
The new American dream, for a growing number of citizens, is to live somewhere else.
Supported by her colleagues, Dodsworth reported live from Plantasia Tropical Zoo, somewhere she used to pass "pretty much every day" when she travelled to work.
From BBC
A light source with a very tight wavelength, somewhere between ultraviolet light and X-rays, shines through a chip-shaped stencil and onto the silicon wafer.
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