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[ˈniːðə], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives (the others being introduced by ‘nor’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each does not happen
(e.g: unlike her friends, she is neither a snob nor a gossip)
- used to introduce a further negative statement
(e.g: he didn't remember, and neither did I)
Phrases:
- neither one thing nor the other
Origin
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Middle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’)
[ˈniːðə], (Determiner)
Definitions:
- not the one nor the other; not either
(e.g: neither side of the brain is dominant over the other)
Phrases:
- neither one thing nor the other
Origin
:
Middle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’)
[ˈniːðə], (Pronoun)
Definitions:
- not the one nor the other of two people or things
(e.g: neither of us believes it)
Phrases:
- neither one thing nor the other
Origin
:
Middle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’)
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