either

Adverb

• after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
  • "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"
  • "I don't know either"
  • "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

Det

• Any one (of two).
• Each of two; both.
• Any one (of more than two).

Pron

• One or the other of two people or things.
• Both, each of two or more.

Adv

• As well.

Conj

• Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by “or”.

Adjective

• Being one or the other of two possibilities.

Examples

• Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.
• Either you'll finish your homework or you'll be grounded you home.
• He had to choose either playing for points or blocking his opponent’s best move.
• He made me two offers, but I did not accept either.
• I don't like him, and I don't like her either.
• I know a cheap Spanish restaurant. It's not far from here, either.
• There are roses on either side of the garden.
• There is a locomotive at either end of the train, one pulling and the other pushing.
• You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both.
• You can have it in either colour.
• You'll be either early, late, or on time.

Related Words

neither, nor, or

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