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

  • (..) l have a son. He's years old now, and l will tell you that l don't think that the boy is going to live much longer. Now, it is not l, nor my wife, who are going to destroy this boy. He has four sisters, two in front and two in back. They have had a meeting about him. (..)
    1983 Bill Cosby: Himself