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. — Kuraimegami
Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти. — deniko
Ви можете перемогти, а можете й не перемогти. — deniko
Ти можеш виграти, а можеш і не виграти. — deniko
Ви можете виграти, а можете й не виграти. — deniko
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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. — deniko
deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht. — Kuraimegami
Is the snake alive or dead?
Ця змія жива чи мертва? — Internecivus
ruЭта змея жива или мертва? — Lenin_1917
deIst die Schlange tot oder lebendig? — al_ex_an_der
Is the mouse dead or alive?
Миша жива або мертва? — deniko
ruМышь дохлая или живая? — marafon
Would you like coffee or tea?
Ви бажаєте кави чи чаю? — deniko
ruЧто ты хочешь, кофе или чай? — Lenin_1917
deWas möchtest du? Kaffee oder Tee? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Would you like tea or coffee?
Хочеш чаю чи кави? — deniko
ruВы хотите чай или кофе? — timsa
deMöchtest du Tee oder Kaffee? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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