somewhere

[suhm-hwair, -wair]

adverb

1. in or at some place not specified, determined, or known.

   They live somewhere in Michigan.

2. to some place not specified or known.

   They went out somewhere.

3. at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually followed by about, near, etc.).

   He is somewhere about 60 years old.

4. 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

1. an unspecified or uncertain place.

somewhere

/ ˈsʌmˌwɛə /

adverb

1. in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or point

   somewhere in England

   somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock

2. informal,  to make progress

Spelling Note

See anyplace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewhere¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; some, where

Idioms and Phrases

• (somewhere) or other
• get somewhere

Example Sentences

The temperature was around 93 degrees and the ambient humidity was somewhere between Nordic sauna and Brazilian rainforest.

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The actually number he's unearthed is somewhere in the region of 15, with several of them, like the "sword dragon", turning out to be new species.

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‘We are acquaintances, not friends’: My neighbors need somewhere to stay after a house fire.

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White’s taxonomy of New Yorkers: the natives, the commuters and the settlers who are “born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.”

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Researchers could only be confident that the amount of oil tested fell somewhere between those extremes, said Byron Jones, one of the architects of the FAA-funded study.

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Related Words

• around 
• elsewhere 
• here and there 
• someplace