otherwise

/ˈʌðəwaɪz/ conjunction

Translation

› used when saying what will happen if someone does not obey an order or do what has been suggested

aksi takdirde, yoksa

You'd better phone home, otherwise your parents will start to worry. He ought to pay the fine, otherwise he might go to prison.1818

(Definition of otherwise conjunction from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

whatever happens

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