2 else
Function:
adjectiveMeaning:
—used to refer to a different or additional person or thing ▪ He values friendship more than anything else. = He values friendship above all else. ▪ That's somebody else's [=some other person's] problem. ▪ If all else fails, surgery is an option. ▪ Someone else in addition to him will have to do it. ▪ What else did he say? ▪ There was nothing else to be done. ▪ Who else is coming to the party? ▪ Would you like anything/something else? ▪ There isn't much else [=more] going on. ▪ The food was cheap, if nothing else. [=the food was not very good, but at least it was cheap]
nothing else for it —see 1nothing
something else —see 1something
what else is new?
informal —used to say that you are not surprised by something you have been told ▪ “They lost again.” “So what else is new?”