somewhere

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some⋅where

[suhm-hwair, -wair]

–adverb

1.	in or at some place not specified, determined, or known: They live somewhere in Michigan.

2.	to some place not specified or known: They went out somewhere.

3.	at or to some point in amount, degree, etc. (usually fol. by about, near, etc.): He is somewhere about 60 years old.

4.	at some point of time (usually fol. by about, between, in, etc.): somewhere about 1930; somewhere between 1930 and 1940; somewhere in the 1930s.

–noun

5.	an unspecified or uncertain place.

Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see some, where

Usage note:
See anyplace.

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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some·where (sŭm'hwâr', -wâr')

adv.

At, in, or to a place not specified or known: found it somewhere in the woods.
To a place or state of further development or progress: finally getting somewhere.
Approximately; roughly: somewhere about halfway through.

n. An unknown or unspecified place: "A big dog, a hound with a strain of mastiff from somewhere" (William Faulkner).

Idioms & Phrases

somewhere

In addition to the idiom beginning with somewhere, also see get somewhere; (somewhere) or other.

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