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nor
1[ nawr; unstressed ner ]
conjunction
- (used in negative phrases, especially after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member):
Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.
- (used to continue the force of a negative, as not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause):
He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.
- (used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of and not ):
They are happy, nor need we worry.
- Older Use. than.
- Archaic. (used without a preceding neither, the negative force of which is understood):
He nor I was there.
- Archaic. (used instead of neither as correlative to a following nor ):
Nor he nor I was there.
NOR
2[ nawr ]
noun
- a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.
nor-
3- a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds which are the normal or parent forms of the compound denoted by the base words:
l-norepinephrine.
nor.
4abbreviation for
- north.
- northern.
Nor.
5abbreviation for
- Norman.
- North.
- Northern.
- Norway.
- Norwegian.
nor-
1combining_form
- indicating that a chemical compound is derived from a specified compound by removal of a group or groups
noradrenaline
- indicating that a chemical compound is a normal isomer of a specified compound
nor
2/ nə; nɔː /
conjunction
- neither ... norused to join alternatives and not
neither measles nor mumps
- foll by an auxiliary verb orhave, do, or be used as main verbs (and) not … either
they weren't talented — nor were they particularly funny
- dialect.than
better nor me
- poetic.neither
nor wind nor rain
Grammar Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of nor1
Origin of nor2
Word History and Origins
Origin of nor1
Origin of nor2
Idioms and Phrases
see hide nor hair ; neither fish nor fowl ; neither here nor there ; rhyme or reason (neither rhyme nor reason) .Example Sentences
Nor is he alone in his criticism of Powell, who infamously initially dismissed post-pandemic price inflation as "transitory" and has been faulted for being too focused on backward-looking data.
"It's neither a week of tragedy nor one of celebration," she said.
“We are neither a protectorate nor a colony of any foreign nation.”
Neither the Office of Refugee Resettlement nor the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the office, responded to requests from The Times.
The court struck down that law, asserting: “The great deference due state economic regulation does not demand judicial blindness to the history of a challenged rule or the context of its adoption nor does it require courts to accept nonsensical explanations for regulation.”
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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