someplace

American  

[suhm-pleys] / ˈsʌmˌpleɪs /

adverb

1. somewhere.

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someplace British  

/ ˈsʌmˌpleɪs /

adverb

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

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Spelling

See anyplace.

Etymology

Origin of someplace

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

Example Sentences

“If there were a hurricane and it was destroyed, how much would it cost you to set up someplace?” a woman writes.

From MarketWatch

The story follows a Russian writer named M, who has expatriated to someplace in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I don’t want to go someplace to borrow a directory, I want to go someplace we can take one. We’re going to my house.”

From Literature

“He knows we’re going someplace,” I said, “and he’s begging me to let him go with us.”

From Literature

“It has to be someplace where no one will see or hear”—I brushed the pixies out of my eyes—“and where there are as few pixies as possible.”

From Literature

Related Words

• around
• elsewhere
• here and there