{
    "term": "otherwise",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to state what the result would be if something did not happen or if the situation were different",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My parents lent me the money. Otherwise, I couldn't have afforded the trip."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shut the window, otherwise it'll get too cold in here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're committed to the project. We wouldn't be here otherwise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project had given children opportunities they would never otherwise have had."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "apart from that",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was some music playing upstairs. Otherwise the house was silent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was slightly bruised but otherwise unhurt."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "in a different way to the way mentioned; differently",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Bismarck, **otherwise known as** ‘the Iron Chancellor’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is not permitted to sell or otherwise distribute copies of past examination papers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You know what this is about. Why **pretend otherwise** *(= that you do not)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He maintains that he is innocent, but the police are looking for evidence and witnesses to **prove otherwise**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Even when common sense would **suggest otherwise**, optimism reigns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I wanted to see him but he was **otherwise engaged** *(= doing something else)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Unless otherwise stated**, all translations in the text are my own."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have information or evidence that the opposite is true",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'd think this was a high-budget film if you didn't know otherwise."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to refer to something that is different from or the opposite of what has just been mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was necessary to discover the truth or otherwise of these statements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We insure against all damage, accidental or otherwise."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌðəwaɪz/",
                "audio": "ot/otherwise/otherwise__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈʌðərwaɪz/",
                "audio": "ot/otherwise/otherwise__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English on ōthre wisan (from other + wise ‘manner or extent of something’)."
}