Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - else

~ adv 1 who/what/why etc else or anything/someone/anywhere etc else a) besides or in addition to someone, something etc  (I've said I'm sorry. What else can I do? | Who else was at the party? | Do you want anything else to eat?) b) apart from or instead of something, someone etc  (Everyone else but me was invited. | In the end she married somebody else. | It's not in my drawer, where else could it be?) 2 or else or otherwise  (You must pay -100 or else go to prison. | Your book must be here, or else you've lost it.) 3 anything else? used to ask someone if they want to buy another thing, say another thing etc  ("Twenty Marlborough and a box of matches please." "Anything else?" "No, thanks.") 4 there's nothing else used to say that the thing you have mentioned is the only one that exists, is possible etc  (You'll have to have bread and cheese. There's nothing else, I'm afraid. | It was closed, so we just went home. There was nothing else to do.) 5 what else?/who else?/where else? etc used to say that it is obvious that the thing, person, place etc that has been mentioned is the only one possible  ("Are you giving him computer games for his birthday?" "Of course, what else?") 6 what else can you do/say? used to say that it is impossible to do or say anything apart from what you have mentioned  (I had to give it to her. What else could I do?) 7 or else used to threaten someone  (You'd better do it, or else!) 8 if nothing else used to say that something is worth doing, good for you etc for one reason, even if there are no other reasons  (He said that if nothing else, teaching taught him how to deal with people.)