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nor

[nawr; unstressed ner]
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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 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.
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Origin of nor

1300–50; Middle English, contraction of nother, Old English nōther, equivalent to ne not + ōther (contraction of ōhwæther) either; cf. or1
Can be confusedand and/or nor or (see usage note at and) (see usage note at and/or)

Usage note

See neither.

NOR

[nawr]
noun
  1. a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.
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Origin of NOR

1955–60

nor.

  1. north.
  2. northern.
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Nor.

  1. Norman.
  2. North.
  3. Northern.
  4. Norway.
  5. Norwegian.
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nor-

  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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Origin of nor-

short for normal
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British Dictionary definitions for nor

nor

conjunction, preposition (coordinating)
  1. neither ... nor (used to join alternatives) and notneither measles nor mumps
  2. (foll by an auxiliary verb or have, do, or be used as main verbs) (and) not … eitherthey weren't talented — nor were they particularly funny
  3. dialect thanbetter nor me
  4. poetic neithernor wind nor rain
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Word Origin

C13: contraction of Old English nōther, from nāhwæther neither

nor-

combining form
  1. indicating that a chemical compound is derived from a specified compound by removal of a group or groupsnoradrenaline
  2. indicating that a chemical compound is a normal isomer of a specified compound
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Word Origin

by shortening from normal
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Word Origin and History for nor

conj.

c.1300, contraction of Middle English nauther (see neither). Influenced in form by or.

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nor in Medicine

nor-

pref.
  1. A precursor compound that differs from its successor by the absence of a radical group, usually methyl:norepinephrine.
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Idioms and Phrases with nor

nor

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