somewhere

[ 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 followed by about, near, etc.):

   He is somewhere about 60 years old.

4. at some point of time (usually followed by about, between, in, etc.):

   somewhere about 1930; somewhere between 1930 and 1940; somewhere in the 1930s.

noun

1. an unspecified or uncertain place.

somewhere

/ ˈsʌmˌwɛə /

adverb

1. in, to, or at some unknown or unspecified place or point

   somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock

   somewhere in England

2. get somewhere informal.
   to make progress

Spelling Note

See anyplace.

Word History and Origins

Origin of somewhere¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; some, where

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

Emily Armstrong led the band, previously fronted by the late Chester Bennington, through two hours of music, including hits ‘Somewhere I Belong’ and ‘Crawling.’

From Los Angeles Times

On the precipice of turning 40, somewhere halfway through this marathon of a life, I want to exhume what I feel I’ve abandoned and lost.

From Los Angeles Times

Alexandra Syphard — one of the first researchers to study the effectiveness of home hardening and defensible space in real wildfires in the early 2010s — said it’s somewhere in the middle.

From Los Angeles Times

"I was assigned a master stash, the product located somewhere in the forest not far from the main road."

From Salon

Somewhere in the world, there are a whole lot of clips me and Pharrell making very strange faces!

From BBC

Related Words

• around
• elsewhere
• here and there
• someplace