English Dictionary

or

/ɑɹ/

conj

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".

I can have pizza or pasta for dinner.

意味（1）

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".

In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.

意味（2）

(logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.

意味（3）

Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

意味（4）

Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

意味（5）

Connects two equivalent names.

The country Myanmar, or Burma