or
/ɔː(ɹ)/
Dictionary
conjunction
- 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".
"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."
- 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).
"It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!"
- Connects two equivalent names.
"The country Myanmar, or Burma"
Synonyms:and/or
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