or
124 ENTRIES FOUND:
- or (conjunction)
- OR (abbreviation)
- -or (noun suffix)
- do–or–die (adjective)
- hit–or–miss (adjective)
- life–or–death (adjective)
- make–or–break (adjective)
- trick or treat (noun)
- alive (adjective)
- alone (adverb)
- bait (noun)
- bargepole (noun)
- be (verb)
- beg (verb)
- berth (noun)
- better (noun)
- bill (noun)
- borrow (verb)
- bust (verb)
- chink (noun)
- clean (adjective)
- come (verb)
- common (adjective)
- cover (verb)
- crook (noun)
- cut (verb)
- double (noun)
- dry (adjective)
- dry (verb)
- eat (verb)
- else (adverb)
- fish (verb)
- form (noun)
- garden (noun)
- give (verb)
- go (verb)
- hair (noun)
- have (verb)
- hawk (noun)
- head (noun)
- health (noun)
- heel (noun)
- hell (noun)
- hide (noun)
- high (adjective)
- high water (noun)
- hitch (verb)
- hook (noun)
- injustice (noun)
- know (verb)
- later (adverb)
- leave (verb)
- less (adverb)
- let (verb)
- let (noun)
- life (noun)
- love (noun)
- lunch (noun)
- map (noun)
- mercy (noun)
- mind (noun)
- minus (preposition)
- money (noun)
- more (adverb)
- name (noun)
- nothing (pronoun)
- otherwise (adverb)
- pace (noun)
- pack (verb)
- pave (verb)
- pick (verb)
- piece (noun)
- place (noun)
- plague (noun)
- plus (preposition)
- praise (verb)
- press (verb)
- pump (verb)
- quits (adjective)
- rain (noun)
- reason (noun)
- rhyme (noun)
- sale (noun)
- screw (noun)
- sell (verb)
- send (verb)
- seriously (adverb)
- set (verb)
- shade (noun)
- shall (verb)
- shame (noun)
- shine (noun)
- short (adverb)
- sic (verb)
- siege (noun)
- sink (verb)
- sky (noun)
- so (pronoun)
- something (pronoun)
- soon (adverb)
- stand (verb)
- steal (verb)
- suck (verb)
- surprise (noun)
- surround (verb)
- swim (verb)
- tail (noun)
- take (verb)
- tear (verb)
- test (noun)
- thank (verb)
- thing (noun)
- touch (verb)
- two (noun)
- wake (noun)
- watch (verb)
- water (noun)
- way (noun)
- what (pronoun)
- wide (adjective)
- win (verb)
- worse (noun)
- worth (preposition)
- wrong (adverb)
Britannica Dictionary definition of OR
1
— used to introduce another choice or possibility
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You can have coffee or tea.
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Would you like beer, wine, or something else?
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He must be her brother—or is he? [=maybe he is not her brother]
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I'll call (either) today or tomorrow.
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(somewhat informal) I didn't mean to annoy you or anything.
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(somewhat informal) Can I get you a cup of coffee or something?
2
— used in negative statements to introduce something else that is also true
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We couldn't stop or even slow down the whole time. [=we could not stop and we could not slow down]
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They have no food or water. [=they do not have food and they do not have water]
3
— used to say what will happen if a specified thing is not done
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Finish your dinner or you won't get any dessert. [=if you do not finish your dinner, then you will not get any dessert]
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Be at the station by 5 o'clock or you will miss the bus.
4
— used to introduce another number or amount that is possibly the correct one
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It's been two or three years since I've seen her.
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The package should arrive in five or six days.
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We waited for an hour or more.
5
— used to introduce the reason why something said previously is true
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He must be hiding something or he wouldn't be lying. [=he would not lie if he were not hiding something; the fact that he is lying means that he must be hiding something]
6
a
— used to introduce a word or phrase that defines or explains what another word or phrase means
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Botany, or the science of plants, is a fascinating subject. = The science of plants, or botany, is a fascinating subject.
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This pan is used for sautéing, or frying, the vegetables.
b
— used to introduce a word or phrase that corrects or states more precisely something you have just said
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We got here quickly—or more quickly than last time, anyway. = We got here quickly—or at least more quickly than last time.
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The building is 500, or to be precise, 502 years old.
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She breeds rabbits, or rather hares.
