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or¹
- /ə(ɹ)/
- /ɔː(ɹ)/
- /ɚ/
- /oɹ/
- /ɑɹ/
- [ɚ]
- [əɹ]
- [oːɹ]
- [ɔ(ː)ɹ] dialectal
- /ʔɹ/
- /ʌɹ/
Sounds like oar, ore, o'er (horse–hoarse merger), aw, awe (non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian of (“or”), Cimbrian odar, òdar (“or”), Dutch of, oft, ofte (“or”), German, Luxembourgish, and Vilamovian oder (“or”), Low German of, àder, àr, åder, år (“or”), Yiddish אָדער (oder, “or”), Icelandic eða, eður (“or”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 (aiþþau, “or; otherwise”).
conjunction
- Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true. You may stay or go.
- 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
- Used in between two numbers to denote a range between them. A man of 18 or 20 years
or²
Where it comes from
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above).
noun ors
- Alternative form of OR.OR
or³
- /oɹ/ US
- /ɔː(ɹ)/ UK
Where it comes from
From late Middle English or (“gold”), borrowed from Middle French or (“yellow”), from Old French or, from Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of aurum.
noun ors
- The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
adjective
- Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
or⁴
Where it comes from
From Late Old English ār, from Old Norse ár. Compare ere.
adverb
- Early (on).
- Earlier, previously.
preposition
- Before; ere. Generally followed by “ever” or “e'er”. Or euer the siluer corde be loosed, or the golden bowle be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or the wheele broken at the cisterne. Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
OR⁵
conjunction
- Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
- A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
- A logic gate to implement inclusive or.
noun
- The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation. The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
noun ORs
- Initialism of operating room.operating room Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they?
- Initialism of official receipt.official receipt
- Initialism of operations research.operations research
- Initialism of Olympic Record.Olympic Record
- Initialism of odorant receptor.odorant receptor
- Initialism of olfactory receptor.olfactory receptor
- Initialism of original research.original research
- Initialism of other ranks.other ranks
Or⁶
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Cantonese 柯 (o1) or from Hebrew אור ('ór). This surname is mostly found in Hong Kong.
proper noun Ors
- A surname.
