neither
not one and not the other of two
How often you will meet it
Rank 508 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 39,199 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.019% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
determiner
- not one and not the other of two
conjunction
- used before the first of two negative choices
neither in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His house-master signed reports which neither praised nor blamed.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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They neither bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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As to making sail, we had none; neither if we had, could we make use of any.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Brave woman! you have done your people and mine a service which can neither be weighed nor measured.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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These ladies, Miss Gascoigne and Miss Grey, had neither called upon nor taken the least notice of Miss Oakley.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1