`
`From "The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English
`Language"
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` Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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`or 1
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`1.
`a.
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`Used to indicate an alternative, usually only before the last term of a series: hot or cold; this, that, or the
`other.
`
`b.
`
`Used to indicate the second of two alternatives, the first being preceded by either or whether: Your answer is
`either ingenious or wrong. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
`
`c. Archaic
`
`Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether.
`
`2.
`
`Used to indicate a synonymous or equivalent expression: acrophobia, or fear of great heights.
`
`3.
`
`Used to indicate uncertainty or indefiniteness: two or three.
`
`[Middle English , from other, or (from Old English , from oththe) and from outher (from Old English
`āhwæther, āther ; see either).]
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`Usage Note: When all the elements in a series connected by or are singular, the verb they govern is
`singular: Tom or Jack is coming. Beer, ale, or wine is included in the charge. When all the elements are
`plural, the verb is plural. When the elements do not agree in number, some grammarians have suggested
`that the verb should agree in number with the nearest element: Tom or his sisters are coming. The girls or
`their brother is coming. Cold symptoms or headache is the usual first sign. Other grammarians, however,
`have argued that such constructions are inherently illogical and that the only solution is to revise the
`sentence to avoid the problem of agreement: Either Tom is coming or his sisters are. The usual first sign
`may be either cold symptoms or a headache. See Usage Notes at and/or , either , neither , nor 1.
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` Copyright © 2011, 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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`Persistent URL to the Entry: http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/hmdictenglang/or_1/0
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`APA
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`Or 1. (2011). In The American Heritage dictionary of the English language. Retrieved from
`http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/hmdictenglang/or_1/0
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`MLA
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`"Or 1." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2011.
`Credo Reference. Web. 16 October 2014.
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`Chicago
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`"Or 1". In The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2011.
`http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/hmdictenglang/or_1/0 (accessed October 16, 2014.)
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`Harvard
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`"Or 1" 2011, in The American Heritage dictionary of the English language , Houghton Mifflin, Boston,
`USA. Accessed: 16 October 2014, from Credo Reference
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