Слово англійською: or

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or

conjunction
/ɔːr/
  1. used to introduce another possibility
    • Is your sister older or younger than you?
    • Are you coming or not?
    • Is it a boy or a girl?
    In a list, or is usually only used before the last item: It can be black, white or grey. compare either… or…
    Homophones oar | or | oreoar   or   ore
    /ɔːr/
    • oar noun
      • We took one oar each and started rowing.
    • or conjunction
      • Do you want cheese or jam in your sandwich?
    • ore noun
      • The country has rich deposits of iron ore.
  • used in negative sentences when mentioning two or more things
    • He can't read or write.
    • There are people without homes, jobs or family.
    compare neither… nor…
  • (also or else)
    used to warn or advise somebody that something bad could happen; otherwise
    • Turn the heat down or it'll burn.
  • used between two numbers to show approximately how many
    • There were six or seven of us there.
  • used to introduce a word or phrase that explains or means the same as another
    • geology, or the science of the earth’s crust
    • It weighs a kilo, or just over two pounds.
  • used to say why something must be true
    • He must like her, or he wouldn't keep calling her.
  • used to introduce a different or opposite idea
    • He was lying—or was he?
    • Word OriginMiddle English: a reduced form of the obsolete conjunction other (which superseded Old English oththe ‘or’), of uncertain ultimate origin.
    Idioms
    or so
    1. about; approximately
      • It'll cost €100 or so.
    or somebody/something/somewhere | somebody/something/somewhere or other
    1. (informal) used when you are not exactly sure about a person, thing or place
      • He's a factory supervisor or something.
      • ‘Who said so?’ ‘Oh, somebody or other. I can't remember who it was.’
      Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1
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