or
used to join alternatives or possibilities
How often you will meet it
Rank 48 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 603,336 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.287% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
conjunction
- used to join alternatives or possibilities
or 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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She did fall down, or cry out, but then Brant knew.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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How things had come about even yet she could hardly remember or comprehend.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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If I ever got time, I could black it, or ink it, or something, but I never shall get the time.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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The love of mimetic representation, either as a participant or as a spectator, is an ineradicable instinct of childhood and adolescence.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1