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or else
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Princeton's WordNet
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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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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of or else in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of or else in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of or else in a Sentence
There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 % Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.
Our mandate is to provide the President with economic analysis so he can do economic policy, everything we do is grounded in the data and the evidence, and it's so core to our mission there's almost nothing else to say.
I personally am still in a quandary about whether to run myself or find someone else for my party, my advisors are pressing me to run.
The U.S. plays a major role for their investment banking revenues and if the U.S. doesn't deliver the results they are expecting, what else does compensate for this? That is really a concern.
There's always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and it's always somebody else.
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- وإلا, بطريقة أخرىArabic
- andernfalls, sonst, andersGerman
- o verásSpanish
- vastasel juhul, või muiduEstonian
- وگرنهPersian
- sinonFrench
- annarsIcelandic
- さもないと, 或いは, もしくは, そうでなければJapanese
- თორემ, თუარადაGeorgian
- of andersDutch
- hvis ikke, ellersNorwegian
- caso contrário, senãoPortuguese
- а то, в противном случае, а не то, иначеRussian
- annars så..., annarsSwedish
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