or
Plural: ors
Noun
- The heraldic color gold, often represented as yellow in illustrations.
- a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
- a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
- Alternative form of OR.
- The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
Conj
- Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
- An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
- Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
- Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
- Connects two equivalent names.
Adj
- Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
Adv
- Early (on).
- Earlier, previously.
Prep
- Before; ere. Generally followed by "ever" or "e'er".
Examples
- He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
- It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
- The country Myanmar, or Burma
- While "OR" itself is small, it can often be a crucial link in building larger words on the board.
- You may either stay or come.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).
Synonyms
Beaver State, operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, Oregon, surgery, Or, gold, o.
Scrabble Score: 2
or: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
or: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary