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or
I. conjunction Etymology: Middle English, alteration of other, alteration of Old English oththe; akin to Old High German eddo or Date: 13th century 1. — used as a function word to indicate an alternative <
coffee or tea
>
<
sink or swim
>
, the equivalent or substitutive character of two words or phrases <
lessen or abate
>
, or approximation or uncertainty <
in five or six days
>
2. archaic either 3. archaic whether 4. — used in logic as a sentential connective that forms a complex sentence which is true when at least one of its constituent sentences is true; compare disjunction II. preposition Etymology: Middle English, from or, adverb, early, before, from Old Norse ār; akin to Old English ǣr early — more at ere Date: 13th century archaic before III. conjunction Date: 13th century archaic before IV. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, gold, from Latin aurum — more at aureus Date: 15th century the heraldic color gold or yellow

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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