Word Finder - or

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Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

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He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.

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An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.

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Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

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Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

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It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!

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Connects two equivalent names.

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The country Myanmar, or Burma

Do you want to go or not?

I don't like either the one or the other.

You're going to have a little brother or sister.

Why, they're better than piglets--or even milk!

Or was it the other way around?

Right or wrong, the decision had been made.

So what do you say, yes or no?

Two or three times we stopped to rest under a tree by the wayside.

It was now or never.

Sometimes he would take care of the whole flock while the shepherd was resting or eating his dinner.

Do you want the job or don't you?

One does not dress or act like a lady.

The top of the buggy caught the air like a parachute or an umbrella filled with wind, and held them back so that they floated downward with a gentle motion that was not so very disagreeable to bear.

These soldiers guarded the streets of the town; they would not let any one go out or come in without their leave.

What have they done for Louis XVII, for the Queen, or for Madame Elizabeth?

Alfonso looked to be a year or so older than Jonathan.

They've brought things to such a pass that there are no carts or anything!...

I don't know how many times or how many ways I can say I'm sorry.

Nothing can get in or out.

I always knew when she wished me to bring her something, and I would run upstairs or anywhere else she indicated.

The idea of making love in a strange bedroom was disturbing enough, but with only a door between them and the children, locked or not, it didn't feel right.

The problem wasn't Dulce or his father.

Please record this or listen carefully.

A simple yes or no would have sufficed.

I don't know if he is actually trying to hide things, or simply doesn't know how to initiate the subject.

And because human nature changes either not at all or very slowly, people make the same choices over and over again.

I don't want to spoil them - or anyone else to spoil them.

What else did he know or suspect?

The birds were silent, watching her to see if she was friend or foe.

Probably not or he would have used it.

Whether things in the future stay the same as they are today or change from what they are today, both are understood in terms of the current reality.

He could easily overpower her in a struggle or outlast her in a chase.

Were his comments genuine, or simply a way to get her to like him?

Well, whatever it is, it probably won't go down too well with Howard or Len.

Would you like some coffee or something?

I can't see any of the girls running the ranch... or wanting to, for that matter.

Or was Brandon the one with the problem?

Was she glad or upset?

I figured that if Giddon was using a pseudonym, he would have to either do his banking with his own name or fill out some kind of paperwork to do business under another name.

Let's go get a hamburger or something.

You can't understand that or how I feel.

But then, she hadn't approved of his drinking or the way he treated Lori either.

Or have you changed your mind about leaving tomorrow?

She had always been a recluse at heart, often declining a social outing with her friends so that she could be alone with a book or her writing.

We'd better go in the back way or Mom will have my hide.

She had some money tucked away in a cookie jar in the kitchen and she intended to pay him something, whether he liked it or not.

It was either an original or an excellent copy, signed by Andy Gordon.

I would never stop you from going to college or doing anything else you wanted to do.

Who is asking, Andy Gordon or Yancey Giddon?

Anyway, if it's company you want, why not take Julia or Rachel?