Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not either. See
either . - Not one or the other. See either, pron.
- Not either; not in either case: a disjunctive conjunction (the negative of either), preceding one of a series of two or more alternative clauses, and correlative with nor (or, formerly, neither or ne) before the following clause or clauses.
- Not in any case; in no case; not at all: used adverbially for emphasis at the end of the last clause, when this already contains a negative.
- And not; nor yet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not either; not the one or the other.
- conjunction Not either; generally used to introduce the first of two or more coördinate clauses of which those that follow begin with
nor . - conjunction [Obs.] by no means.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- determiner not
one of two; noteither - pronoun not either one
- conjunction not either (used with
nor ) - adverb conjunctive similarly not
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not either; not one or the other
Etymologies
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Examples
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For his own part, Adams inclined to think that neither chaos nor death was an object to him as a searcher of knowledge, neither would have vogue in America, neither would help him to a career.
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I ought to make him feel that I can do without his riches, that I cannot be bought, neither by comfort, neither by pride, and though I be utterly penniless, and receiving bread from him, that he is the poor man beside me.
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_neuter_ means _neither; _ from which it follows, that neuter gender implies neither gender; that is, neither masculine nor feminine.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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When he finished his term neither the Whigs (his own party) nor the Democrats would nominate him to run on his own.
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But then again neither is Bush Cheney Rumsfeld either …
Think Progress » The Four Most Overpaid White House Staffers 2006
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He threw the charm into the air and pointed at it, shouting a word neither Alanna nor George knew.
In the Hand of the Goddess Camora Pierce 1984
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He threw the charm into the air and pointed at it, shouting a word neither Alanna nor George knew.
In the Hand of the Goddess Camora Pierce 1984
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He threw the charm into the air and pointed at it, shouting a word neither Alanna nor George knew.
In the Hand of the Goddess Camora Pierce 1984
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He threw the charm into the air and pointed at it, shouting a word neither Alanna nor George knew.
In the Hand of the Goddess Camora Pierce 1984
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He threw the charm into the air and pointed at it, shouting a word neither Alanna nor George knew.
In the Hand of the Goddess Camora Pierce 1984
moore4th commented on the word neither
Neither one of us had lunch. Daniel
February 15, 2007