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nor

Pronunciation: /nɔː/

The English word “nor” has 5 meanings listed here.

conjunction

  1. And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
  2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
  3. Neither.
  4. Used to introduce a further negative statement.
  5. Than.

Etymology

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.

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