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Definition of 'nor'

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither.

Conjunction

(en-con)
  • (literary) And not ()
  • * (Boethius)
  • Out with it, nor hold it fast within your breast.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
  • * Sir (Walter Scott),
  • And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it
  • * {{quote-magazine|date=2013-06-22|volume=407|issue=8841|page=68|magazine=(The Economist)
  • |title= T time |passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them
  • (Used to introduce a further negative statement)
  • *
  • |title=(The Celebrity)|chapter=1 |passage=I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor , indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.}}
  • (UK|dialect|Yorkshire) Than.
  • See also
    * neither

    Etymology 2

    Possibly ; alternatively, short for "negation of OR".

    Noun

    (Logical NOR) (en-noun)
  • (logic|electronics)
  • See also

    * and * nand * or * xor

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    Similar to 'nor'

    near, nur, noir, ner, nr, neer