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somewheres

[suhm-hwairz, -wairz]
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adverb Nonstandard.

somewhere.

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RELATED WORDS

elsewhere, around, someplace, about, scattered

Origin of somewheres

1805–15; somewhere + -s1

somewhere

[suhm-hwair, -wair]

adverb

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.

noun

an unspecified or uncertain place.

Origin of somewhere

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

Usage note

See anyplace.
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Examples from the Web for somewheres

Historical Examples of somewheres

  • I thought sure Kenelm would, but he's gone on a cruise of his own somewheres.

    Thankful's Inheritance

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • You said he'd run off to go gold-diggin' in the Klondike or somewheres.

    Thankful's Inheritance

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • Now out West—in Omaha or somewheres—she's got a cousin who owed her dad money.

    The Depot Master

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • Now, she used to have and I believe she's lost some of it somewheres.

    Galusha the Magnificent

    Joseph C. Lincoln

  • The money hasn't been stolen; I lost it somewheres—but where?

    Shavings

    Joseph C. Lincoln

British Dictionary definitions for somewheres

somewhere

adverb

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for somewheres

somewhere

adv.

c.1200, from some + where.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with somewheres

somewhere

In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere

  • somewhere along the line

also see:

  • get somewhere
  • (somewhere) or other
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.