somewhere

English

Etymology

From some +‎ where.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛɹ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌm.wɛː/, /ˈsʌm.wɛə/, /ˈsʌm.ʍɛə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌm.hweːɹ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: some‧where

Adverb

somewhere (not comparable)

1. In an uncertain or unspecified location.

   I must have left my glasses somewhere.

   I've hidden candy somewhere in this room.

2. To an uncertain or unspecified location.

   He plans to go somewhere warm for his vacation.

   I have to go somewhere at lunch. Can I meet you at 2?

3. At some unspecified point.

   I don't remember the exact number, but it was somewhere between 200 and 300.

   • 1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 620, from Herapath's Journal:

     When a train has to ascend the incline, it first runs down, engine first, from the station about 60 or 70 yards. Then comes behind it the aforesaid truck, or one similar, which, being attached to an endless wire rope, a communication is made by means of the electric telegraph to the engineman at the top of the incline, when the fixed engine begins to work, and the train, partly pulled by the locomotive before, and partly pushed by the truck behind, rapidly ascends, taking somewhere about three minutes to get up.

Synonyms

• someplace (US)
• somewheres

Derived terms

• it's five o'clock somewhere
• somewhere along the line
• somewhere else
• somewhere over the rainbow

Related terms

• anywhere
• everywhere
• nowhere
• somebody, someone
• something

Translations

in some place

Arabic: مَكَان مَا (makān mā) Moroccan Arabic: فشي موضع (faši muḍaʔ), فشي بلاصة (faši blāṣa) Assamese: ক’ৰবাত (körobat), কোনো এঠাইত (künü ethait) Azerbaijani: haradasa, hardasa Belarusian: дзе́сьці (dzjésʹci), дзе́сь (dzjésʹ), дзе-не́будзь (dzje-njébudzʹ) Bengali: কোথাও (bn) (kōthaō) Bulgarian: ня́къде (bg) (njákǎde), не́йде (néjde) Chinese: Mandarin: 某處 / 某处 (zh) (mǒuchù) Cornish: neb tyller, neb le, neb tu Crimean Tatar: bir yerde Czech: někde (cs) Danish: nogensteds, nogetsteds Dutch: ergens (nl) Esperanto: ie (eo) Estonian: kuskil, kusagil Faroese: einastaðni, onkustaðni Finnish: jossakin (fi), jossain (fi) French: quelque part (fr) Galician: nalgures (gl) Georgian: სადღაც (sadɣac) German: irgendwo (de) Greek: κάπου (el) (kápou) Ancient: πού (poú) Ionic: κού (koú) Hebrew: הֵיכָן שֶׁהוּא (heykhan shehu), (colloquial) אֵיפֹה שֶׁהוּא (eyfo shehu) Hindi: कहीं (hi) (kahī̃) Hungarian: valahol (hu) Icelandic: einhvers staðar (is) Italian: da qualche parte, in qualche luogo, in qualche parte Japanese: どこかに (ja) (dokoka ni), どこかで (ja) (dokoka de) Korean: 어딘가에 (eodin'ga'e) Ladin: nzaul Latgalian: nazkur, kur naviņ, kazyn kur Latin: alicubi (la) Latvian: kaut kur Lithuanian: kažkur Luxembourgish: anzwousch Macedonian: некаде (nekade) Maori: i te wāhi kē Marathi: कुठे तरी (kuṭhe tarī) Nahuatl: cana Ngazidja Comorian: pvahanu Norman: à tchique bord Old English: hwǣrhwugu Persian: یه جایی (ye-jâyi) Polish: gdzieś (pl) Portuguese: em algum lugar, (Portugal) algures Romanian: undeva (ro) Russian: где́-то (ru) (gdé-to), где́-нибудь (ru) (gdé-nibudʹ) Sanskrit: कुत्रापि (sa) (kutrāpi) Serbo-Croatian: negdje (sh), nȅgde (sh), не̏гдје, не̏где Slovak: niekde Slovene: nekjé (sl) Spanish: en alguna parte, en algún lugar, en algún sitio Swedish: någonstans (sv) Tajik: ким-куҷо (kim-kujo) Telugu: ఎక్కడో (ekkaḍō) Turkish: bir yerde Ukrainian: десь (desʹ), де-не́будь (de-nébudʹ) Vietnamese: đâu đó Walloon: ene sadju (wa), ene sawice (wa), kéke pårt (wa) Welsh: rhywle (cy) West Frisian: earne Yiddish: ערגעץ (ergets)

to some place

Assamese: ক’ৰবালৈ (körbaloi), কেনিবা (keniba), কোনোবাফালে (künübaphale) Azerbaijani: harasa Belarusian: куды́сьці (kudýsʹci), куды́сь (kudýsʹ), куды́-не́будзь (kudý-njébudzʹ) Bulgarian: ня́къде (bg) (njákǎde), наня́къде (nanjákǎde) Chinese: Mandarin: 某處 / 某处 (zh) (mǒuchù) Crimean Tatar: bir yerge Czech: někam (cs) Dutch: ergens heen Esperanto: ien (eo) Finnish: johonkin (fi), jonnekin (fi) French: quelque part (fr) Galician: algures, nalgures (gl) German: irgendwohin (de) Hungarian: valahová (hu) Italian: da qualche parte, in qualche luogo Japanese: どこかへ (ja) (dokoka e) Korean: 어딘가에 (eodin'ga'e) Ladin: nzaul Macedonian: некаде (nekade), на некаде (na nekade) Maori: ki te wāhi kē Marathi: कुठे तरी (kuṭhe tarī) Norman: à tchique bord Old English: hwæderhwugu Polish: gdzieś (pl), dokądś (pl) Portuguese: a algum lugar Romanian: undeva (ro) Russian: куда́-то (ru) (kudá-to), куда́-нибудь (ru) (kudá-nibudʹ) Serbo-Croatian: nekamo (sh), nekuda, некамо, некуда Slovak: niekam Slovene: nékam (sl) Spanish: a alguna parte Swedish: någonstans (sv) Talysh: Asalemi: ای جگایی (i jəgâi) Telugu: ఎక్కడికో (ekkaḍikō) Turkish: bir yerde Ukrainian: куди́сь (kudýsʹ), десь (desʹ) Vietnamese: đâu đó Welsh: rywle, i rywle

Noun

somewhere (plural somewheres)

1. Unspecified or unknown (unlocated) place or location.
   • 1986, Joel S. Goldsmith, A Parenthesis in Eternity: Living the Mystical Life, page 100:

     We have come from somewhere and we are going somewhere, but because life is an unending circle, we are again going to come from a somewhere, and we are again going to go to a somewhere, and this will go on, and on, and on.

   • 2008, Bill Watkins, The Once and Future Celt, page 283:

     A courting owl hoots in the somewheres of the night and another answers its call further off.

   • 2012, Thomas M. Kitts, Finding Fogerty: Interdisciplinary Readings of John Fogerty, page 6:

     […] and it transports the person to a somewhere, a somewhere that the music dictates.

   • 2015 November 1, Clare Brennan, “The Oresteia review – strong performances at odds with the setting”, in The Observer‎:

     This is essentialised place: a somewhere that is nowhere and yet everywhere.

2. A person with strong cultural or social ties to a specific place.

   Antonyms: anywhere, cosmopolite

Translations

some unspecified place

Finnish: jokin paikka Kazakh: әлдеқайда (äldeqaida) Maori: wīwī (wīwī and wāwā usually used together), wāwā ((wīwī and wāwā usually used together)), wāhi kē Spanish: alguna parte f Welsh: rhyw le m