NOR


Meaning of NOR in English

/nawr/ ; unstressed /neuhr/ , conj.

1. (used in negative phrases, esp. 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.

2. (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.

3. (used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of and not ): They are happy, nor need we worry.

4. Older Use. than.

5. Archaic. (used without a preceding neither, the negative force of which is understood): He nor I was there.

6. Archaic. (used instead of neither as correlative to a following nor ): Nor he nor I was there.

[ 1300-50; ME, contr. of nother, OE nother, equiv. to ne not + other (contr. of ohwaether ) either; cf. OR 1 ]

Usage . See neither .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .