or else

ADVERB

otherwise

Synonyms

STRONG

differently

WEAK

any other way at another time contrarily diversely elseways if not in different circumstances on the other hand or then under other conditions variously

CONJUNCTION

Synonyms

WEAK

as a choice as a substitute as an alternative conversely either in other words in preference to in turn on the other hand or but or only preferentially

Antonyms

WEAK

neither nor without choice

Example Sentences

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“We have to protect it or else we lose the art form.”

From Los Angeles Times

One win must become two or else the significance of what happened at Murrayfield goes away like so many of the other victories over England.

From BBC

Still more people have been surveilled and captured in DHS databases, with federal agents in some cases holding cellphones inches from their faces to scan their features, or else taking pictures of their license plates.

From Salon

Chase began to think they were walking backward instead of forward, or else that the GPS was wrong.

From Literature

“I had to create this character or else I was going to become him.”

From The Wall Street Journal

or else

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