nor

Definition

  • noun: a computer logic circuit that produces an output that is the inverse of that of an OR circuit
  • used after 'neither' to show something is also not true, possible, allowed, etc.

Examples

  • The movie is 'neither fish nor fowl'—it's not really a comedy, but it's too lighthearted to be called a drama.

  • ('formal') “I don't know her.” “'Nor' do I.” [=neither do I; I don't know her either]

  • What I think is really 'neither here nor there'. You have to make up your own mind.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Make him wish he were dead. Yes? And then grant his wish. But how? The cunning warrior attacks neither body nor mind. Tell me how! The heart, Osborn. First, we attack his heart. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses... (..)
    2002 Spider-Man