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• nor
  nor

  conjunction

  (used in negative phrases, especially after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member).
• NOR
  NOR

  noun

  a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.
• nor-
  nor-

  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.
• nor.
  nor.

  abbreviation

  north.
• Nor.
  Nor.

  abbreviation

  Norman.

nor

¹ American  

[nawr, ner] / nɔr, nər /

conjunction

1. (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.

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 ofand 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 followingnor ).

   Nor he nor I was there.

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NOR ² American  

[nawr] / nɔr /

noun

1. a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.

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nor- ³ American  

1. 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.

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nor. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. north.

2. northern.

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Nor. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Norman.

2. North.

3. Northern.

4. Norway.

5. Norwegian.

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NOR ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. not overreacting.

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nor ¹ British  

/ nə, nɔː /

conjunction

1. (used to join alternatives) and not

   neither measles nor mumps

2. (and) not … either

   they weren't talented — nor were they particularly funny

3. dialect than

   better nor me

4. poetic neither

   nor wind nor rain

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nor- ² British  

combining form

1. indicating that a chemical compound is derived from a specified compound by removal of a group or groups

   noradrenaline

2. indicating that a chemical compound is a normal isomer of a specified compound

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nor Idioms  

1. see hide nor hair; neither fish nor fowl; neither here nor there; rhyme or reason (neither rhyme nor reason).

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Grammar

See neither.

Etymology

Origin of nor¹

1300–50; Middle English, contraction of nother, Old English nōther, equivalent to ne not + ōther (contraction of ōhwæther ) either; cf. or ¹

Origin of NOR²

1955–60

Origin of nor-³

Short for normal

Example Sentences

Sixteen years ago, Abdi Nor Iftin was a Somali refugee living in one of the roughest slums in Kenya when he found out he had won the lottery of a lifetime.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Nor are the formerly enslaved Americans who forced the nation to confront the grotesque contradiction between slavery and constitutional liberty.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026

“This case is not about whether artists should have rights. They absolutely should. Nor is it about preventing Fuerza Regida from making music,” wrote Trauben.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Nor did the Haitian respondents provide sufficient evidence that the contentious statements Trump and Noem made demonstrate that racial animus motivated the termination of Haitians’ TPS, the court held.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2026

Nor was it tied to the small sounds of scurrying rodents that echoed down to where she had stood at the bottom of the stairs.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland