Definition of "neither" []

• Not one or the other; not either: Neither shoe feels comfortable. (adjective)
• Not either one; not the one or the other: Neither of the twins is here. Neither will do. Neither of them is incorrect. (pronoun)
• Not either; not in either case. Used with the correlative conjunction nor: Neither we nor they want it. She neither called nor wrote. I got neither the gift nor the card. (conjunction)
• Also not: If he won't go, neither will she. (conjunction)
• Similarly not; also not: Just as you would not, so neither would they. (adverb)

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• "For his own part, Adams inclined to think that neither chaos nor death was an object to him as a searcher of knowledge, —neither would have vogue in America, —neither would help him to a career."
• "I ought to make him feel that I can do without his riches, that I cannot be bought, —neither by comfort, neither by pride, —and though I be utterly penniless, and receiving bread from him, that he is the poor man beside me."
• "_neuter_ means _neither; _ from which it follows, that neuter gender implies neither gender; that is, neither masculine nor feminine."