somewhere

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somewhere

  • /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/ US
  • /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/ US
  • /ˈsʌm.wɛː/ UK
  • /ˈsʌm.wɛə/ UK
  • /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/ UK
  • /ˈsʌm.hweːɹ/ Scotland

Where it comes from

From some + where.

adverb

  1. not comparable In an uncertain or unspecified location. I must have left my glasses somewhere.
  2. not comparable To an uncertain or unspecified location. He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.
  3. not comparable At some unspecified point. I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300.

Similar: someplace, somewheres

noun somewheres

  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.
  2. informal, uncommon A person with strong cultural or social ties that are exclusive to a specific place.

    Opposite: anywhere, cosmopolite

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: someplace, anywhere, elsewhere, where, sometime, there, here, anything, location, somehow, halfway, something, nowhere, anyplace, wherever, thereabouts

adverb

Similar: someplace, somewheres

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adv to some place

Española alguna parte
한국어어딘가에 eodin'ga'e
日本語どこかへ dokoka e
中文某處 /某处 mǒuchù
Portuguêsa algum lugar
Françaisquelque part
Deutschirgendwohin
Italianoda qualche parte, in qualche luogo
Românăundeva
Русскийкуда́-то kudá-to, куда́-нибудь kudá-nibudʹ
Tiếng Việtđâu đó

adv in some place

Españolen alguna parte, en algún lugar, en algún sitio
한국어어딘가에 eodin'ga'e
日本語どこかに dokoka ni, どこかで dokoka de
中文某處 /某处 mǒuchù
हिन्दीकहीं kahī̃
Portuguêsem algum lugar, algures
Françaisquelque part
Deutschirgendwo
Italianoda qualche parte, in qualche luogo, in qualche parte
Ελληνικάκάπου kápou
Românăundeva
Русскийгде́-то gdé-to, где́-нибудь gdé-nibudʹ
Tiếng Việtđâu đó
العربيةمَكَان مَا makān mā
עבריתהֵיכָן שֶׁהוּא heykhan shehu, אֵיפֹה שֶׁהוּא eyfo shehu

noun some unspecified place

Españolalguna parte

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@misc{somewhere_2026,
  title = {somewhere},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/somewhere},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}