Definition/Meaning of or

• English - Conjunction: or Connects at least two alternative word s, phrase s, clause s, sentences , etc. , each of which could make a passage true . He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values . There are two forms: the inclusive or and the exclusive or . Used to present two or more options from which a choice is to be made. You…
• English - Noun: or (plural ors) (alternative) Alternative form of OR . or (countable and uncountable, plural ors) (countable, uncountable) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms . 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry: In engraving, " Or " is expressed by dots. 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry: The metals are gold and silver, these being termed " or " and…
• English - Adjective: or (not comparable) (not comparable) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
• English - Adverb: or (obsolete) Early (on). (obsolete) Earlier , previously .
• English - Preposition: or (archaic, dialectal) Before ; ere . Generally followed by "ever" or "e'er". 1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: I looked to heaven, and tried to pray;But or ever a prayer had gusht,A wicked whisper came, and madeMy heart as dry as dust. 1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3: And…