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or
1[ awr; unstressed er ]
conjunction
- (used to connect words, phrases, or clauses representing alternatives):
books or magazines; to be or not to be.
- (used to connect alternative terms for the same thing):
the Hawaiian, or Sandwich, Islands.
- (used in correlation):
either … or; or … or; whether … or.
- (used to correct or rephrase what was previously said):
His autobiography, or rather memoirs, will soon be ready for publication.
- otherwise; or else:
Be here on time, or we'll leave without you.
- Logic. the connective used in disjunction.
OR
2[ awr ]
noun
- a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when either or both operands are positive.
-or
3- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, directly or through Anglo-French, usually denoting a condition or property of things or persons ( ardor; honor; horror; liquor; pallor; squalor; torpor; tremor ), sometimes corresponding to qualitative adjectives ending in -id4 ( horrid; pallid; squalid; torpid ). A few other words that originally ended in different suffixes have been assimilated to this group ( behavior; demeanor; glamour ).
OR
5abbreviation for
- Law. on (one's own) recognizance.
- operating room.
- operations research.
- Oregon (approved especially for use with zip code).
- owner's risk.
-or
6- a suffix forming animate or inanimate agent nouns, occurring originally in loanwords from Anglo-French ( debtor; lessor; tailor; traitor ); it now functions in English as an orthographic variant of -er 1, usually joined to bases of Latin origin, in imitation of borrowed Latin words containing the suffix -tor (and its alternant -sor ). The association with Latinate vocabulary may impart a learned look to the resultant formations, which often denote machines or other less tangible entities which behave in an agentlike way: descriptor; plexor; projector; repressor; sensor; tractor .
or
7[ awr ]
noun
- the tincture, or metal, gold: represented either by gold or by yellow.
adjective
- of the tincture, or metal, gold:
a lion or.
O.R.
8abbreviation for
- owner's risk.
or
1/ ɔː /
adjective
- usually postpositive heraldry of the metal gold
or
2/ ɔː /
conjunction
- subordinating; foll by ever or ere before; when
preposition
- before
or
3/ ə; ɔː /
conjunction
- used to join alternatives
apples or pears or cheese
apples, pears, or cheese
apples or pears
- used to join rephrasings of the same thing
to serve in the army, or rather to fight in the army
twelve, or a dozen
- used to join two alternatives when the first is preceded by either or whether
either yes or no
whether it rains or not we'll be there
- one or twoa few
- or elseSee else
- a poetic word for either or whether as the first element in correlatives, with or also preceding the second alternative
OR
4abbreviation for
- operations research
- Oregon
- military other ranks
-or
5suffix forming nouns
- indicating state, condition, or activity
terror
error
- the US spelling of -our
-or
6suffix forming nouns
- a person or thing that does what is expressed by the verb
conductor
actor
generator
sailor
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Example Sentences
“I try not to get into minute-wise, coming off the bench or starting,” Coffey said.
Though she is a teenager now, Emma said "there are still difficult days like anniversaries or birthdays".
"I felt maybe a little bit alone knowing that there were questions going to be asked - about potentially family questions or personal questions."
"So they meet with those pupils once a week or whenever they need additional support," she said.
He digs for the precious metal and surfaces every three months or so to sell it on the black market for a huge profit, earning more than he ever did before - though the risks now are far higher.
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