somewhere
- in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.
- to some place not specified or known: They went out somewhere.
- at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually followed by about, near, etc.): He is somewhere about 60 years old.
- at some point of time (usually followed by about, between, in, etc.): somewhere about 1930; somewhere between 1930 and 1940; somewhere in the 1930s.
- an unspecified or uncertain place.
Origin of somewhere
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Contemporary Examples of somewhere
Maybe I have come more to terms with, somewhere over the years, that people will think whatever they think.
(Somewhere, on another cloud, live gigabytes of photos from these very parties).
Yet somewhere between soundchecks and read-throughs, he still finds time to keep diversifying his resumé.
After processing in everyone else, the cops took him somewhere for a reminder of their thoughts on “rapos.”
So it could have passed—no, would have passed—by somewhere in the 260-175 range.
Historical Examples of somewhere
It was for ever fighting someone, somewhere, for causes which did not interest the subjects at all.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
Somewhere there is a ship that needs it, or if not, the light does its duty.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Somewhere between 1267 and 1280 the Castle had been destroyed and rebuilt.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
The boy was philandering, junketing, somewhere on the Riviera.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Somewhere in him were the seeds of self-sacrifice, the seeds of a generous devotion to others.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
somewhere
- in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or pointsomewhere in England; somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock
- get somewhere informal to make progress
Word Origin and History for somewhere
Idioms and Phrases with somewhere
somewhere
In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere
- somewhere along the line
also see:
- get somewhere
- (somewhere) or other