Definitions of Either [ˈi ðər, ˈaɪ ðər]

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Definition of 'Either'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) either
one or the other of two:
You may sit at either end of the table.

2. either
each of two; the one and the other:
There are trees on either side of the river.

3. (pron.) either
one or the other:
Either will do.

4. (conj.) either
(a coordinating conjunction that, when used with or, indicates a choice):
Either call or write.

5. (adv.) either
as well; likewise (used after negative clauses):
If you don't go, I won't either.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE æmacr;gther, contr. of æmacr;ghwæther each of two, both; see ay , whether)

Definition of 'Either'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) either
after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
"he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"

Definition of 'Either'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (pronoun) either
one of two people or things
"Orange or apple juice?" "Either is fine"; Either of your parents can sign the form.

2. (conjunction) either
either ... or
indicates that a choice is offered
Either send them to me, or I could come and get them.

3. (adverb) either
indicates another fact in a negative sentence
I don't like Chris, and I don't like his brother either.

4. (determiner) either
both things or people
Either player can start the game.

Definition of 'Either'

Webster Dictionary

1.  Either
one of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one

2.  Either
each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number

3.  Either
precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or

Translation of 'Either'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the one or the other of two You may borrow either of these books; I offered him coffee or tea, but he didn't want either.
Afrikaans: enige, enige een van die	Arabic: إمّا	Bulgarian: един
Brazilian: um ou outro	Czech: jeden nebo druhý; žádný	German: eines (von zweien)
Danish: den ene eller den anden;	Greek: είτε ο ένας είτε ο άλλος,	Spanish: cualquiera; ni el uno ni
Estonian: emb-kumb, kumbki	Farsi: یکی یا دیگری؛ یکی از دوتا	Finnish: jompikumpi
French: l'un(e) ou l'autre; l'un(	Hebrew: הָאֶחָד מִבֵּין הַשנָיִים	Hindi: दोनों में से कोई एक
Croatian: oba	Hungarian: egyik, valamelyik (a kett	Indonesian: salah satu
Icelandic: annar hvor, hvor sem er	Italian: l'uno o l'altro; entrambi	Japanese: どちらか
Korean: (둘 중) 어느 쪽 하나	Lithuanian: vienas iš dviejų, bet kur	Latvian: viens no diviem; viens va
Malay: atau	Dutch: beide	Norwegian: hvilken som helst, noen
Polish: jeden/żaden z dwóch	Persian: یکی یا دیگری؛ یکی از دوتا	Pashto: يا
Portuguese: um ou outro	Romanian: oricare (dintre); nici un	Russian: любой
Slovak: jeden alebo druhý; obidva	Slovenian: oba; eden in/ali drugi; n	Serbian: bilo koji
Swedish: endera, ettdera, den (det	Thai: อย่างใดอย่างหนึ่งในจำนวนส	Turkish: ikisinden biri, hangisi o
Taiwanese: (兩者之中)任何一個	Ukrainian: той чи той; один з двох	Urdu: دو میں سے کوئی ایک
Vietnamese: cái này hay cái kia trong	Chinese: （两者之中）任何一个
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