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Meaning oforin English

or

Definitions

Conjunction
1. joins at least two options, any combination of which can fulfill a condition in a statement
  You can have pizza or pasta for dinner.
2. an operator that combines two propositions or truths, indicating either one or both can be true. It exists in both inclusive and exclusive forms
  You can take a train or a bus to the city center.
3. lists or singles out items
  You can have eggs or bacon for breakfast.
4. contrary to what has been stated
  You can have coffee or tea with your meal.
5. links two alternatives
  You can have coffee or tea.
Noun
1. the logical connective that evaluates as true when at least one of its arguments is true
  The elevator opened on either floor, or I would have missed my stop.
2. abbreviation for an outstanding athletic accomplishment
  He broke an 'or' in the 100m sprint.
3. an acronym for odorant receptor
  The gene OR is crucial for detecting smells.
4. abbreviation for olfactory receptor
  He lost his sense of smell after a head injury, causing him to lose his OR.
5. a symbol representing the combination of two options
  His research was marked as OR.
6. an enclosed space within a medical facility dedicated to conducting surgical procedures
  The surgery was conducted in the operating room.
7. the process of using scientific approaches and methods to tackle issues related to decision-making, particularly within the realms of business leadership and governmental oversight
  I have two or choices for lunch.
8. a heraldic color symbolizing gold
  The king's crest bears three golden ors.
Adjective
1. of the hue represented by gold in heraldry
  The king's crest bears an or lion.
Adverb
1. at the initial part of
  She arrives early or late.
2. before
  I often wonder what it was like before.
Preposition
1. in advance
  She arrived before her friends or ever they did.

Phrases

by hook or by crook不管用什麼手段；一定要
sometime or other在某個未指定的時間點，可能是過去或未來
Do or die要麼成功，要麼失敗
make or break成敗的轉捩點