someplace

[suhm-pleys]

adverb

1. somewhere.

someplace

/ ˈsʌmˌpleɪs /

adverb

1. informal,  in, at, or to some unspecified place or region

Spelling Note

See anyplace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of someplace¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; some, place

Example Sentences

“Sometimes in a big refinery fire like this, it goes straight up. But then the smoke comes down in other areas. And that’s a lot of pollution that’s going someplace.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’d be one thing if I had started on some little indie someplace with some new director or whatever.

From Los Angeles Times

If success means leaving someplace better than you found it, Kershaw triumphed spectacularly.

From Los Angeles Times

Let’s take the president’s complaint that he read “someplace” that the networks “were 97% against me.”

From Los Angeles Times

But if he were to go out, he’d want to go someplace he feels sort of cool and where he feels like they know him.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• around 
• elsewhere 
• here and there