OR
conjunction
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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.”
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An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
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Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
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Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
“It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!”
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Connects two equivalent names.
“The country Myanmar, or Burma”
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noun
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The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
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noun
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Initialism of Olympic Record.
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Initialism of odorant receptor.
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Initialism of olfactory receptor.
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(Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research.
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noun
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A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.
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noun
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(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
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noun
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The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
adjective
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Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
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adverb
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Early (on).
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Earlier, previously.
preposition
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Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".
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