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or else

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. alternatively, instead, or elseadverb

    in place of, or as an alternative to

    "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car"

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  1. or else

    "Or else" is a phrase often used in conditional statements to express a consequence or indicate a threat of something negative happening if a certain action is not undertaken. It typically implies a warning or potential negative outcome.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of or else in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of or else in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of or else in a Sentence

  1. Gift Gugu Mona:

    God is great because no one else could create the planet we live in. All living beings dwell in the same Earth which God created. Whether they believe in Him or not.

  2. President Trump:

    Testing is a double-edged sword, weve tested now 25 million people. Its probably 20 million people more than anybody else ... Heres the bad part: When you do testing to that extent, youre going to find more people, youre going to find more cases. So I said to my people, slow the testing down -- please.

  3. Oprah Winfrey:

    I think she presses her audience -- whether or not they agree with her -- to be accountable for what their perspective is, i think she does push her audience in a way that's very distinctive from anyone else who has graced the talk show stage.

  4. Sydney Smith:

    Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousands times worse than nothing.

  5. John Boehner:

    I had no inkling whatsoever, i was as shocked and dismayed by the reports that I read as anyone else around here.


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