Definitions for OR
ɔr; unstressed əror

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 19 votes

1. Oregon, Beaver State, ORnoun

   a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

2. operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgerynoun

   a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

   "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.8 / 17 votes

1. ORnoun

   The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation, it has values

2. ORconjunction

   Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.

3. ORconjunction

   A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.

4. ORconjunction

   A logical gate to implement inclusive or.

5. ORabbreviation

   Oregon, a state of the United States of America.

6. ORabbreviation

   Orissa, a state of India.

7. ORabbreviation

   Olympic Record

8. Etymology: oþþe.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Orconjunct.

   Etymology: oðer , Saxon.

   1. A disjunctive particle, marking distribution, and sometimes opposition.

   Inquire what the antients thought concerning this world, whether it was to perish or no; whether to be destroyed or to stand eternally? Burnet.

   He my muse’s homage shou’d receive,
   If I cou’d write or Holles cou’d forgive. Samuel Garth.

   Every thing that can be divided by the mind into two or more ideas, is called complex. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. It corresponds to either; he must either fall or fly.3. Or is sometimes redundant, but is then more properly omitted.

   How great soever the sins of any unreformed person are, Christ died for him because he died for all; only he must reform and forsake his sins, or else he shall never receive benefit of his death. Henry Hammond, Fund.

   4. [ or , or ære , Saxon.]Before; or ever, is before ever.

   Or we go to the declaration of this psalm, it shall be convenient to shew who did write this psalm. John Fisher.

   The dead man’s knell
   Is there scarce ask’d for whom, and good men’s lives
   Expire before the flowers in their caps,
   Dying or ere they sicken. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Learn before thou speak, and use physick or ever thou be sick. Ecclus xviii. 19.

2. ORnoun

   Gold.

   Etymology: French.

   The show’ry arch
   With listed colours gay, or, azure, gules,
   Delights and puzzles the beholders eyes. Philips.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. or

   In general, "or" is a conjunction that joins two or more alternatives or possibilities, indicating that only one of them can be chosen or that a statement applies to either one. It introduces a choice between two options or presents multiple options where only one can be selected or true.

WikidataRate this definition:3.8 / 11 votes

1. Or

   In heraldry, Or is the tincture of gold and, together with argent, belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". In engravings and line drawings, it may be represented using a field of evenly spaced dots. It is very frequently depicted as yellow, though gold leaf was used in many illuminated manuscripts and more extravagant rolls of arms. The word gold is occasionally used in place of Or in blazon, sometimes to prevent repetition of the word Or in a blazon, or because this substitution was in fashion when the blazon was first written down, or when it is preferred by the officer of arms. Or is frequently spelt with a capital letter so as not to confuse it with the conjunction or. Or is said to represent the following: ⁕Of jewels, the topaz ⁕Of heavenly bodies, the Sun ⁕Of metals, gold ⁕Of virtues, Faith or obedience and gentility

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 5 votes

1. Or

   or, adv. ere, before. [Ere.]

2. Or

   or, conj. marking an alternative, and sometimes opposition [short for other, modern Eng. either].—prep. (B.) before. [In this sense a corr. of ere.]

3. Or

   or, n. (her.) gold. [Fr.,—L. aurum, gold.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. or

   In heraldry the metal gold, represented in heraldic engravings by an unlimited number of dots.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. or

   A possibility.

   They had the choice of dinner or eating a couple of snacks and chose snacks.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

Suggested ResourcesRate this definition:2.8 / 4 votes

1. or

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2. or

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3. OR

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. OR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Or is ranked #35671 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Or surname appeared 630 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Or.
   
   70.6% or 445 total occurrences were Asian.
   16.3% or 103 total occurrences were White.
   8.8% or 56 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • American State
   • United States
   • Hospital Room

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OR' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #33

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'OR' in Written Corpus Frequency: #54

Anagrams for OR »

1. RO

How to pronounce OR?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say OR in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of OR in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of OR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OR
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Or
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=OR
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=OR
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=OR
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html