OR

/ɔː(ɹ)//ɔɹ//ɚ/

conjunction

  1. 1

    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.
  2. 2

    An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.

  3. 3

    Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

  4. 4

    Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

    It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
  5. 5

    Connects two equivalent names.

    The country Myanmar, or Burma

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noun

  1. 1

    The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.

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noun

  1. 1

    Initialism of Olympic Record.

  2. 2

    Initialism of odorant receptor.

  3. 3

    Initialism of olfactory receptor.

  4. 4

    (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research.

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noun

  1. 1

    A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.

noun

  1. 1

    (operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.

noun

  1. 1

    The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

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adjective

  1. 1

    Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

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adverb

  1. 1

    Early (on).

  2. 2

    Earlier, previously.

preposition

  1. 1

    Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".

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