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/ɔː(ɹ)/
English
Definitions
conjunction
- 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".“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.
- 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!”
noun
- The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
noun
- Initialism of Olympic Record.
- Initialism of odorant receptor.
- Initialism of olfactory receptor.
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research.
noun
- A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.
noun
- (operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
noun
- The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
adjective
- Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
adverb
- Early (on).
- Earlier, previously.
preposition
- Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".