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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.
NOR 2 American  
[nawr] / nɔr /

noun

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

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.
nor. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. north.

  2. northern.

Nor. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Norman.

  2. North.

  3. Northern.

  4. Norway.

  5. Norwegian.

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).

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; or 1

Origin of NOR2

1955–60

Origin of nor-3

Short for normal

Example Sentences

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Nor is it clear that he’s fully committed to the goal.

From Los Angeles Times

Mpoyi was neither able to travel back home nor play in high school basketball games as an outlet.

From Los Angeles Times

"We shouldn't have to live with this fear and anxiety for any reason... nor should our children carry the burden of a war that has nothing to do with them. We are done, we are exhausted."

From BBC

Iran has neither openly targeted energy facilities across the Middle East nor have they openly targeted oil tankers plying the region, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal

Neither theory, history nor the latest data suggests a recession driven by AI job dislocation is likely.

From The Wall Street Journal

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