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Etymology 1
From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English ?þor, ?wþer, ?hwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).
Conjunction
or
- Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either […] or".
- (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
- Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
- Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
- Connects two equivalent names.
Etymology 2
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above)
Noun
or (countable and uncountable, plural ors)
Adjective
or (not comparable)
Etymology 4
Late Old English ?r, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere.
Adverb
or
- (obsolete) Early (on).
- (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
Preposition
or
- (now archaic or dialectal) Before; ere.
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