nor
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
How often you will meet it
Rank 242 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 91,973 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.044% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
conjunction
- and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
nor 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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Nor did Dr. Grey volunteer any information.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · 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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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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You cannot procure me one thing needful, nor remove me from this desolate island to a place of plenty.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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There lacked not men of prowess, Nor men of lordly race, For all Etruria's noblest Were round the fatal place.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1