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Conjunction
  1. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either […] or".
  2. Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.
  3. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
  4. Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false
  5. Connects two equivalent names.
Noun
  1. (logic) Alternative form of OR
Noun
  1. (heraldry) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
Adjective
  1. (heraldry) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
Adverb
  1. (obsolete) Early (on).
  2. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
Preposition
  1. (now archaic or dialect) Before; ere.
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