or
Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of…Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
» You may or may not win.
Vielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht.
Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти.
Ви можете перемогти, а можете й не перемогти.
Ти можеш виграти, а можеш і не виграти.
Ви можете виграти, а можете й не виграти.
Meaning
6 sensesConnects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
You may stay or go.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms: the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
oder, oder
и́лиíli, ли́боlíbo, а́лиáli
чиčy, або́abó
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
Used in between two numbers to denote a range between them.
A man of 18 or 20 years
Examples
13705 sentencesYou may or may not win.
Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти.
deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht.
Is the snake alive or dead?
Ця змія жива чи мертва?
ruЭта змея жива или мертва?
deIst die Schlange tot oder lebendig?
Is the mouse dead or alive?
Миша жива або мертва?
ruМышь дохлая или живая?
Would you like coffee or tea?
Ви бажаєте кави чи чаю?
ruЧто ты хочешь, кофе или чай?
deWas möchtest du? Kaffee oder Tee?
Would you like tea or coffee?
Хочеш чаю чи кави?
ruВы хотите чай или кофе?
deMöchtest du Tee oder Kaffee?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwFrom Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).
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