Definition of either Either

/iˈðɚ/ - [eether] - ei•ther

We found 9 definitions of either from 6 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adverb

either - after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'; "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either"; "I don't know either"; "if you don't order dessert I won't either"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • either (Adverb)
    As well.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • either (a. & pron.)
    One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.
  • either (a. & pron.)
    Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.
  • either (conj. Either)
    precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • either
    One or the other of two.
  • either
    Each of two.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • either
    ē′thėr, or ī′thėr, adj. or pron. the one or the other: one of two: each of two.—conj. correlative to or: (B.) or. [A.S. ǽgðer, a contr. of ǽghthwæðer=á, aye, the pfx. ge-, and hwæther, the mod. whether. See also Each.]

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  • either, adjective.

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either in sign language
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