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some⋅where

  [suhm-hwair, -wair]
Use somewhere in a Sentence
–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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some·where   (sŭm'hwâr', -wâr')   
adv.  
  1. At, in, or to a place not specified or known: found it somewhere in the woods.
  2. To a place or state of further development or progress: finally getting somewhere.
  3. 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).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Somewhere

Some"where`\, adv. In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. "Somewhere nigh at hand." --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : somewhere
Spanish: en algún lugar,
German: irgendwo,
Japanese: どこかに
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somewhere

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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