else ◆◆◆ /e ls/
1 ADJ You use else after words such as 'anywhere', 'someone', and 'what', to refer in a vague way to another person, place, or thing. □ If I can't make a living at painting, at least I can teach someone else to paint. □ We had nothing else to do on those long trips. □ There's not much else I can say. ● ADV [adv ADV ] Else is also an adverb. □ I never wanted to live anywhere else.
2 ADJ You use else after words such as 'everyone', 'everything', and 'everywhere' to refer in a vague way to all the other people, things, or places except the one you are talking about. □ As I try to be truthful, I expect everyone else to be truthful. □ Batteries are in short supply, like everything else here. ● ADV [adv ADV ] Else is also an adverb. □ London seems so much dirtier than everywhere else.
3 PHRASE You use or else after stating a logical conclusion, to indicate that what you are about to say is evidence for that conclusion. □ He must be a good plumber, or else he wouldn't be so busy. □ Clearly no lessons have been learnt or else the problem would have been solved.
4 PHRASE You use or else to introduce a statement that indicates the unpleasant results that will occur if someone does or does not do something. □ Make sure you are strapped in very well, or else you will fall out.
5 PHRASE You use or else to introduce the second of two possibilities when you do not know which one is true. □ You are either a total genius or else you must be absolutely raving mad.
6 PHRASE Above all else is used to emphasize that a particular thing is more important than other things. [EMPHASIS ] □ Above all else I hate the cold.
7 PHRASE You can say ' if nothing else ' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation. □ If nothing else, you'll really enjoy meeting them.
8 PHRASE You say ' or else ' after a command to warn someone that if they do not obey, you will be angry and may harm or punish them. [SPOKEN ] □ He told us to put it right, or else.
else|where ◆◇◇ /e ls h weə r / ADV [ADV after v] [n ADV , be ADV , from ADV ] Elsewhere means in other places or to another place. □ Almost 80 percent of the state's residents were born elsewhere. □ But if you are not satisfied then go elsewhere.
ELT /iː el tiː / N‑UNCOUNT ELT is the teaching of English to people whose first language is not English. ELT is an abbreviation for 'English Language Teaching'. [mainly BRIT ]
elu|ci|date / I luː s I de I t/ (elucidates , elucidating , elucidated ) VERB If you elucidate something, you make it clear and easy to understand. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Haig went on to elucidate his personal principle of war. □ [V ] There was no need for him to elucidate. ● elu|ci|da|tion / I luː s I de I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ …Gerald's attempts at elucidation.
elude / I luː d/ (eludes , eluding , eluded )
1 VERB [no passive] If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. □ [V n] At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long.
2 VERB If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. □ [V n] He eluded the police for 13 years.
3 VERB [no passive] If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. □ [V n] The appropriate word eluded him.
elu|sive / I luː s I v/ ADJ Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember, or achieve. □ In London late-night taxis are elusive and far from cheap. ● elu|sive|ness N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the elusiveness of her character.
elves /e lvz/ Elves is the plural of elf .
PREFIX em-
is added to words to form verbs that describe the process of putting someone into a particular state, condition, or place, or to form adjectives and nouns that describe that process or those states and conditions. It is used before b- , m- , and p- . For example, if someone embarrasses you, they make you feel nervous or stupid in a social situation.
ema|ci|at|ed / I me I sie I t I d, -me I ʃ-/ ADJ A person or animal that is emaciated is extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food. □ …horrific television pictures of emaciated prisoners.
e mail ◆◇◇ (emails , emailing , emailed ) also e-mail , E-mail
1 N‑VAR Email is a system of sending written messages electronically from one computer to another. Email is an abbreviation of 'electronic mail'. □ You can contact us by email. □ Do you want to send an E-mail? □ First you need to get an email address.
2 VERB If you email someone, you send them an email. □ [V n + to ] Email your views to sport@times.co.uk □ [V n] Jamie e-mailed me to say he couldn't come.
ema|nate /e məne I t/ (emanates , emanating , emanated )
1 VERB If a quality emanates from you, or if you emanate a quality, you give people a strong sense that you have that quality. [FORMAL ] □ [V + from ] Intelligence and cunning emanated from him. □ [V n] He emanates sympathy.
2 VERB If something emanates from somewhere, it comes from there. [FORMAL ] □ [V + from ] …reports emanating from America. [Also V ]
ema|na|tion /e məne I ʃ ə n/ (emanations ) N‑COUNT An emanation is a form of energy or a mass of tiny particles that comes from something. [FORMAL ]