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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
nor
/nɔː/
conjunction1 of 2
used to show two things that are both untrue or do not happen
- “This is neither the time nor the place for that.”Tatoeba
- “In those days most people could neither read nor write.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)