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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
else
/ɛls/
adjective1 of 2
otherwise; if you fail to...
- “Take control of your life, or else someone else will.”Tatoeba
- “If there is anything else then please let me know.”Tatoeba
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adverb2 of 2
(follows interrogative adverbs) Otherwise, if not.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)