or

conjunction9

1. •
   showing that any one of different choices is possible, used between them

   • You may stay or go.
   • He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. •
   Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
3. •
   Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

   • It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
4. •
   Connects two equivalent names.
5. •
   Used in between two numbers to denote a range between them.
6. •
   Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.
7. •
   An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms: the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
8. •
   A lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.
9. •
   A logic gate to implement inclusive or.

adverb2

1. •
   (no longer used) Early (on).
2. •
   (no longer used) Earlier, previously.

adjective1

1. •
   Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

noun12

1. •
   The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.

   • The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value. — 2022
2. •
   Initialism of operating room.

   • Max Fischer: I like your nurse's uniform, guy. -- Dr. Peter Flynn: These are O.R. scrubs. -- Max Fischer: Oh, are they? — 1998
3. •
   Abbreviation of Oregon: a state of the United States.
4. •
   Initialism of other ranks.
5. •
   Initialism of operations research.
6. •
   Initialism of original research.
7. •
   Initialism of Olympic Record.
8. •
   The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

   • The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent". — 1909
9. •
   Initialism of odorant receptor.
10. •
    Initialism of olfactory receptor.
11. •
    (Philippines) Initialism of official receipt.
12. •
    Abbreviation of Orissa, former name of Odisha: a state of India.

preposition1

1. •
   (dialect, no longer used) Before; ere. Generally followed by “ever” or “e'er”.

   • I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. — 1834

phrase1

1. •
   (informal) Or something like that. Used to indicate the possibility that the preceding word or phrase is vague or not exactly correct in its applicability.

   • I think she's a lawyer or something.
   • What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill us or something?

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of Oregon: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.