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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
It’s going to be impossible for the show to be exactly like the book, nor should you try to make it,’” Boneta recalls.
Neither Escanuela nor Vanderford know what specific factors placed her on the high-risk list except that she was accessing county services.
Neither Somaliland nor Somalia has commented.
remains in short supply is the political will to ensure that these impacts are neither ignored nor repeated.
Nor are any talks—or claims of talks—going on with Japan.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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