Or

Definition of or:

part of speech: conjunction

Marking an alternative, and sometimes opposition.

part of speech: conjunction

Marking an alternative.

part of speech: noun

( heraldry) Gold.

part of speech: conjunction

Before.

part of speech: conjunction

Otherwise; either; else; as, you may take this book or that one.

Usage examples for or:

• I wonder if he or I or any one will ever know. "Servants of the Guns", Jeffery E. Jeffery.

• Now or ever again. "Man to Man", Jackson Gregory.

• " She said: 'Was it Clemmens or was it Orcutt? "Hand and Ring", Anna Katharine Green.

• Stay with them, or go with me. "The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance", Harriet Martineau.