NOR | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Nor

Speech Type: Conjunction

Etymology:

Middle English: contraction of Old English nother ‘neither’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:

used before the second or further of two or more alternatives (the first being introduced by a negative such as ‘neither’ or ‘not’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each do not happen

Short Definition:

used before second or further of alternatives

Examples:
  • they were neither cheap nor convenient
  • the sheets were never washed, nor the towels, nor his shirts
Definition:

used to introduce a further negative statement

Short Definition:

introducing further negative statement

Examples:
  • ‘I don't see how.’ ‘Nor do I.’
  • the struggle did not end, nor was it any less diminished
Definition:

than

Short Definition:

than

Examples:
  • she thinks she knows better nor me

Word: Nor

Speech Type: Adverb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nɔː
Dialects: British English
Short Definition:

neither

Examples:
  • nor God nor demon can undo the done

Word: Nor

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: nɔː
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a Boolean operator which gives the value one if and only if all operands have a value of zero and otherwise has a value of zero.

Short Definition:

Boolean operator

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