or
/ɔː(ɹ)/ · conjunction
Meaning
- 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".
- An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
- Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
- Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
- Connects two equivalent names.
- The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
- Initialism of Olympic Record.
- Initialism of odorant receptor.
- Initialism of olfactory receptor.
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research.
- A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.
- (operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
- The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
- Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
- Early (on).
- Earlier, previously.
- Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".
Etymology / origin
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