Or Else

Definition: Or Else

Or Else

Adverb

1. In place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a used car".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Or Else

Crosswords: Or Else

Look, we need you to come home right away by midnight or else (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Come on Frankie, you know what they say in the old days, tell me know or else I'm going to find out about it anyway (Hoffa; writing credit: David Mamet)

Or else what (Digimon: Digital Monsters; writing credit: Dayna Barron)

We've got to laugh in this world, or else we'd shoot ourselves (Coup de torchon; writing credit: Jean Aurenche; Bertrand Tavernier)

Two! Look at you. Three! Don't you ever make jokes about me behind my back or else I'll stomp you into the ground (Major Payne; writing credit: Joe Connelly; Bob Mosher)

So, get your act right or else we won't be speaking, Girl (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah)

Make a desperate move or else you'll win (Hook; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Let me in or else I'll beat down your door (Silhouettes; performing artist: Herman's Hermits)

Or else I'll tear up this town (Footloose; performing artist: Kenny Loggins)

Believe It or Else (1939)

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Do as I say -- or else!. Credit: Library of Congress.

-- Or else!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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All fines made with us unjustly and against the law of the land, and all amercements, imposed unjustly and against the law of the land, shall be entirely remitted, or else it shall be done concerning them according to the decision of the five and twenty barons whom mention is made below in the clause for securing the pease, or according to the judgment of the majority of the same, along with the aforesaid Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, if he can be present, and such others as he may wish to bring with him for this purpose, and if he cannot be present the business shall nevertheless proceed without him, provided always that if any one or more of the aforesaid five and twenty barons are in a similar suit, they shall be removed as far as concerns this particular judgment, others being substituted in their places after having been selected by the rest of the same five and twenty for this purpose only, and after having been sworn. (reference)

And so by this their own principle, either all men, however born, are free, or else there is but one lawful prince, one lawful government in the world. (Second Treatise of Government)

If two of the workmen know each other particularly well and are old friends, if their families are inter-mingled, and if they have "faith in each other's purpose, hope in each other's future and charity towards each other's shortcomings" - to quote some good words I read here the other day - why cannot they work together at the common task as friends and partners? Why cannot they share their tools and thus increase each other's working powers? Indeed they must do so or else the temple may not be built, or, being built, it may collapse, and we shall all be proved again unteachable and have to go and try to learn again for a third time in a school of war, incomparably more rigorous than that from which we have just been released. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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Rescue, fair lord, or else the day is lost

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Health

In this way, residents with AD may continue to live as independently as possible or else be directed to a more suitable living arrangement. (references)

In some cases, preventive actions can then be undertaken that may avert the disease entirely or else detect it at its earliest stages, when treatment is more likely to be successful. (references)

Trade

West Bank

Most local businesses use their own capital to finance operations or else work with one of the European credit agencies described below. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

ndryshe (alias, differently, dissimilarly, diversely, other, otherwise). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وإلا (otherwise), ‏إذا لم, ‏بدون دموع وحسرة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

иначе (differently, other, otherwise), или пък, другояче (differently, other, otherwise). (various references)

Chinese 

要不然 (or, otherwise), 要不 (or, otherwise), 不然 (if not, no, not so, otherwise), 否則 (else, if not, otherwise). (various references)

Czech

nebo jinak, jinak (differently, or, otherwise). (various references)

Danish

i slibet kan kulstoffets vandring foelges enten ved aetsning efter Oberhoffer,der fremkalder fibrene(den primaere linie-struktur)alene eller sammen med andre aetsemidler eller ved betragtning af de forskellige typer af indeslutninger (or else by observing the different types of inclusions, the direction of migration of carbon(direct or inverse)can be detected micrographically either by means of Oberhoffer's etch for revealing the fibres(primary banded structure), used either alone or in conjunction with other reagents), de frie krystaller indeholder ofte oxidiske indeslutninger fordi disse enten har virket som faste og ved krystallisation af smelte er blevet tungere og sunket tilbunds eller fordi de,medens de sank,er blevet haengende i de forgrenede dendritter (and fell to the bottom of the ingot when their weight increased as a result ofthe metal solidifying around them, or else because the inclusions were entrapped by the branching during their fall, the free crystals often contain oxidized inclusions either because the latter acted as solid nuclei). (various references)

Dutch

OF- OF (EITHER-OR-, OR else-), de vrije kristallen bevatten vaak oxydische insluitsels omdat deze ofwel als vaste kiemen fungeerden en door aankristalliseren zwaarder werden en naar de bodem zakten ofwel omdat zij tijdens het zakken door vertakte dendrieten werden ingevangen (and fell to the bottom of the ingot when their weight increased as a result ofthe metal solidifying around them, or else because the inclusions were entrapped by the branching during their fall, the free crystals often contain oxidized inclusions either because the latter acted as solid nuclei). (various references)

French

sinon. (various references)

German

oder aber, sonst (alternatively, another, differently, else, in other ways, oterwise, other, otherwise, usually), andernfalls (alternatively, differently, else, otherwise). (various references)

Greek 

η κατεύθυνση μετανάστευσης του άνθρακα μπορεί ν'ανιχνευθεί μικρογραφικά είτε,μέσω αντίδρασης Oberhoffer για την αποκάλυψη των ινών(πρωτογενής (or else by observing the different types of inclusions, the direction of migration of carbon(direct or inverse)can be detected micrographically either by means of Oberhoffer's etch for revealing the fibres(primary banded structure), used either alone or in conjunction with other reagents), είτε-είτε (EITHER-OR-, OR else-), ή-ή (EITHER-OR-, OR else-), οι ελεύθεροι κρύσταλλοι περιέχουν συχνά οξειδωμένα εγκλείσματα είτε διότι αυτά λειτούργησαν ως πυρήνες στερεοποίησης και καθίζησαν στον (or else because the inclusions were entrapped by the branching during their fall). (various references)

Hebrew 

ולא (and if not, else, otherwise), אם לא (if not). (various references)

Hungarian

különben (else, failing which, otherwise). (various references)

Italian

ovvero (or, or rather, that is), oppure (else, or, otherwise), se no (else, otherwise), in caso contrario (else, otherwise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

其れ共 (or). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

それとも (or). (various references)

Manx

er nonney (otherwise). (various references)

Pig Latin

oray elseay.(various references)

Portuguese

os cristais livres contêm frequentemente inclusões oxidadas,ou porque foram utilizadas como germes sólidos e,tornadas mais pesadas devido � solidificação de metal � sua volta caiem no fundo do lingote,ou porque,ao afundarem-se,foram apanhadas pel (and fell to the bottom of the ingot when their weight increased as a result ofthe metal solidifying around them, or else because the inclusions were entrapped by the branching during their fall, the free crystals often contain oxidized inclusions either because the latter acted as solid nuclei). (various references)

Romanian

sau (and, or, otherwise). (various references)

Russian 

иначе (alias, differently, else, other, otherwise, the contrary, the other way). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ili inače, ako ne (but for, unless). (various references)

Spanish

y no, si no (nisi, unless). (various references)

Swedish

eller också, annars (else, if not, otherwise, usually). (various references)

Thai

ถ้าไม่. (various references)

Turkish

yoksa (else, except, nisi, or, otherwise), bak (behold, lo, vide), aksi halde (else, failing this, if not, nisi, otherwise). (various references)

Turkmen 

яogsa (otherwise), bolmasa (if not). (various references)

Ukrainian

інакше (alias, anew, differently, else, newly, other, othergates, otherways, otherwise). (various references)

Welsh

ynteu (or, otherwise, then). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: resole.

-1 letter: erose, leers, lores, loser, orles, reels, roles, sorel.

-2 letters: eels, else, eros, leer, lees, lore, lose, oles, ores, orle, reel, rees, roes, role, rose, seel, seer, sere, sloe, sole, sore.

-3 letters: eel, els, ere, ers, lee, oes, ole, ore, ors, ose, ree, res, roe, see, sel, ser, sol.

-4 letters: el, er, es, lo, oe.

+1 letter: areoles, creoles, elopers, erosely, leprose, resoled, resoles, resolve, roselle, soleret.

+2 letters: aerogels, aureoles, coreless, corselet, creolise, delouser, deplores, earlobes, eelworms, electors, electros, eloiners, encloser, ensorcel, entresol, erosible, escarole, evolvers, explores, forelegs, gomerels, gospeler, hosteler, loosener, modelers, molester, morelles, morseled, oleaster, overlets, overlies, oversale, oversell, parolees, peoplers, relievos, remodels, resolder, resolute, resolved, resolver, resolves, revolves, roselike, roselles, sclerose, selector, shoveler, soldered, solderer, solemner, solerets, solleret, urodeles, voleries, yodelers.