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Meaning of or so

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or

Pronunciation:/ɔː(ɹ)//ɔɹ//ɚ/

conjunction

Definitions

  1. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

    Example: He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.

  2. An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.

  3. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

  4. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

    Example: It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!

or

Pronunciation:/ɔː(ɹ)//ɔɹ//ɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.

noun

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  1. Initialism of Olympic Record.

  2. Initialism of odorant receptor.

  3. Initialism of olfactory receptor.

  4. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) Initialism of original research.

noun

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  1. A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.

noun

Definitions

  1. (operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.

or

Pronunciation:/ɔː(ɹ)//ɔɹ//ɚ/

noun

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  1. The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

adjective

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  1. Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

or

Pronunciation:/ɔː(ɹ)//ɔɹ//ɚ/

adverb

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  1. Early (on).

  2. Earlier, previously.

preposition

Definitions

  1. Before; ere. Followed by "ever" or "ere".