Definition of "or" [or]

• Used to indicate an alternative, usually only before the last term of a series: hot or cold; this, that, or the other. (conjunction)
• Used to indicate the second of two alternatives, the first being preceded by either or whether: Your answer is either ingenious or wrong. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. (conjunction)
• Archaic Used to indicate the first of two alternatives, with the force of either or whether. (conjunction)
• Used to indicate a synonymous or equivalent expression: acrophobia, or fear of great heights. (conjunction)
• Used to indicate uncertainty or indefiniteness: two or three. (conjunction)

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