conjunction
1 used to introduce another possibility:
Is your sister older or younger than you? * Are you coming or not? * Is it a boy or a girl? * It can be black, white or grey.
compareEITHER...OR...
2 used in negative sentences when mentioning two or more things:
He can't read or write. * There are people without homes, jobs or family.
compareNEITHER...NOR...
3 (also or else) used to warn or advise sb that sth bad could happen; otherwise:
Turn the heat down or it'll burn.
4 used between two numbers to show approximately how many:
There were six or seven of us there.
5 used to introduce a word or phrase that explains or means the same as another:
geology, or the science of the earth's crust * It weighs a kilo, or just over two pounds.
6 used to say why sth must be true:
He must like her, or he wouldn't keep calling her.
7 used to introduce a contrasting idea:
He was lying-or was he?
IDIOMS
or so about:
It'll cost ｣100 or so.
or somebody / something / somewhere
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