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The correct spelling is or.
How to pronounce or
/ɔː(ɹ)/
conjunctionIPA: /ɔː(ɹ)/
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The correct spelling is 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… For example: "He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."
Usage Examples
“He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.”
“It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!”
“The country Myanmar, or Burma”
Meanings
conjunction
- 1.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".
- 2.An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
- 3.Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
- 4.Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
- 5.Connects two equivalent names.
noun
- 1.The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
- 2.Initialism of Olympic Record.
- 3.Initialism of odorant receptor.
- 4.Initialism of olfactory receptor.
- 5.(Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research.
adjective
- 1.Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
adverb
- 1.Early (on).
- 2.Earlier, previously.
preposition
- 1.Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".
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