or

Definition

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.

Etymology

From Middle English or; partially contracted from other, auther, from Old English āþor, āwþer, āhwæþer ("some, any, either"; > either); and partially from Middle English oththe, from Old English oþþe, from Proto-Germanic *efþau (“or”).

Example Sentences

• "You may either stay or come."
• "He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."
• "It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!"

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