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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1200|origins=en some, en where}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: UK /ˈsʌm.weə/, US /ˈsʌm.wer/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|enm|somwher]],^(MWU 2024) a compound [[af|en|some|where]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ In or at an unspecified or unknown place: about 1200 in the OED,^(OED 1989) the late 12th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ “To some unspecified place”, usually with ''go'', is from about 1403.^(OED 1989) “Elsewhere” is from about 1300,^(Etymonline) and ''somewhere else'' from the late 14th century in Etymonline^(Etymonline) or about 1500 in the OED.^(OED 1989) In some part of a book or other work is from 1634,^(OED 1989) and “at some time about” a given date from 1839,^(OED 1989) which led to the use for an approximate amount, “roughly”.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate) The noun, an unknown place, is from 1647.^(MWU 2024) ''Somewhere in France'', used to name a place without identifying it for reasons of censorship, dates from the First World War.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1200 – in some place.^(OED 1989)
+ * c. 1300 – elsewhere.^(Etymonline)
+ * c. 1403 – to some place.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1634 – in some passage of a book.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1647 – noun.^(MWU 2024)
+ * 1839 – at about a given date.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1915 – ''somewhere in France''.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # At, in or to a place that is not known or named.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
+ # To a point of further progress: ''now we're getting somewhere''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
+ # [[approximate|alt=Approximately]]: ''somewhere around ten''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ===Noun===
+ # An unknown or unspecified place.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[anywhere]]
+ * [[everywhere]]
+ * [[nowhere]]
+ * [[somebody]]
+ * [[someone]]
+ * [[something]]
+ * [[elsewhere]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}