someplace
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someplace — is a common alternative for somewhere in AmE, but still sounds somewhat alien in British contexts: • She can get a good job herself someplace and they can get married Lee Smith, 1983 … Modern English usage
someplace — ► ADVERB & PRONOUN informal, chiefly N. Amer. ▪ somewhere … English terms dictionary
someplace — [sum′plās΄] adv. Informal in, to, or at some place: somewhere n. Informal SOMEWHERE … English World dictionary
someplace — As is pointed out in the entry ANYPLACE, someplace is not a standard adverb. Write I left my coat somewhere (not someplace). When some is used as an adjective and place as a noun, no error is involved: There must be some place in this town where… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
someplace — some|place [ sʌmpleıs ] adverb AMERICAN ** somewhere: My glasses have to be around here someplace. someplace else: Are you spending Thanksgiving at your parents , or are you going someplace else? … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
someplace — [[t]sʌ̱mpleɪs[/t]] ADV: ADV after v Someplace means the same as somewhere. [AM] Maybe if we could go someplace together, just you and I... They lived over around Coyote Canyon someplace. Syn: somewhere … English dictionary
someplace — UK [ˈsʌmpleɪs] / US adverb American somewhere My glasses have to be around here someplace. someplace else: Are you spending Thanksgiving at your parents , or are you going someplace else? … English dictionary
someplace — adverb somewhere We cant find the wretched thing, but it must be someplace … Wiktionary
someplace — some|place [ˈsʌmpleıs] adv [not usually in questions or negatives] spoken especially AmE somewhere ▪ I must have left my jacket someplace … Dictionary of contemporary English
someplace — adverb especially AmE somewhere: I must have left my jacket someplace … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
