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Definition of somewhere adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

somewhere

adverb
 
 
/ˈsʌmweə(r)/
 
/ˈsʌmwer/
(North American English also someplace)
Idioms
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  1. in, at or to a place that you do not know or do not mention by name
    • I read somewhere that she refuses to do interviews.
    • Can we go somewhere warm?
    • I've already looked there—it must be somewhere else.
    • He went to school in York or somewhere (= I'm not sure where).
    • They live somewhere or other in France.
    • I've seen him somewhere before.
    • I'm sure the information is out there somewhere.
    The difference between somewhere and anywhere is the same as the difference between some and any. Look at the notes there.
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySomewhere is used with these verbs:
    • lead2
    See full entry
Idioms
get somewhere
  1. (informal) to make progress in what you are doing
somewhere around, between, etc. something
  1. approximately the number or amount mentioned
    • It cost somewhere around two thousand dollars.
See somewhere in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee somewhere in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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