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nornor /nɔː $ nɔːr/ ●●● S2 W1 conjunction, adverb   norOrigin: 1200-1300 nother ‘neither, nor’ (13-19 centuries) - I am not, nor have I ever been, a Communist.
- Worrall was not at the meeting, nor was he at work yesterday.
not one thing and not the other► neither use this to emphasize that you are talking about both of two people or things when you make a negative statement about them: · Neither side in the dispute seems willing to make any compromise.neither of: · Neither of their children had shown any particular talent for music. ► neither ... nor use this when you want to make a negative statement about two people, things, actions etc: · The company's chairman described the criticisms as "neither accurate nor fair".· Neither France nor Britain will be represented at the conference.· She neither accepted nor rejected his offer immediately. ► neither one thing nor the other use this about something that does not have enough of the qualities of either of two things, so that is not satisfactory or definite in either way: · Having had one Protestant parent and one Catholic parent, I was really neither one thing nor the other.· The play attempts to blend high tragedy with comedy, but just ends up being neither one thing nor the other. ► Neither ... nor· Neither he nor his wife enjoyed the vacation. ► neither ... nor· Most of them neither know nor care how it works. ► neither ... nor ...- I am neither a bailiff nor a tax-collector.
- I neither can, nor wish to, exclude the media from these proceedings.
- In all that time he had neither moved nor shown any interest in the rescue attempt.
- It is neither an obsession nor a projection of his mind, although it certainly does compel him.
- It was an incredible year, one in which the Suns were neither lucky nor good.
- Once they had got over the first shock, neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.
- The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.
- We were caught between two generations, neither fish nor fowl.
- Mr. Renton I disagree with my hon. Friend about the agencies being neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring.
- The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl.
- Yet officially we are demographically insignificant, neither fish nor fowl.
- Art was neither here nor there; money was the issue.
- But that was neither here nor there.
- Dinner half an hour earlier or later was neither here nor there.
- She and Carolan had no children, but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays.
- Start worrying when we're neither here nor there.
- That he was not in the category ordained by the Marketing Department for the evening was neither here nor there.
- The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories, but that was neither here nor there.
- We are the holy ones, the voyagers, the people of the crossing, neither here nor there.
- I haven't seen hide nor hair of him in months.
- I can't get a hold of that book for love nor money.
- And you still can't get a good daily woman now to clean, not for love or money.
- I neither can, nor wish to, exclude the media from these proceedings.
- I am neither a bailiff nor a tax-collector.
- In all that time he had neither moved nor shown any interest in the rescue attempt.
- It is neither an obsession nor a projection of his mind, although it certainly does compel him.
- It was an incredible year, one in which the Suns were neither lucky nor good.
- Once they had got over the first shock, neither Bridget nor Tracey seemed able to take her story entirely seriously.
- The party and its leaders were defended neither by white nor blue-collar workers nor kolkhoz farmers.
- It's true we're not friends but that's neither here nor there. We're still able to work together.
- What Cheng's intentions were is neither here nor there. What matters is what he did.
- What I think about your husband is neither here nor there.
- Art was neither here nor there; money was the issue.
- But that was neither here nor there.
- Dinner half an hour earlier or later was neither here nor there.
- She and Carolan had no children, but that was neither here nor there as an indication of matrimonial harmony nowadays.
- That he was not in the category ordained by the Marketing Department for the evening was neither here nor there.
- The cost would be borne by Grunte Accessories, but that was neither here nor there.
- The fact that she hadn't seen her prospective husband since she was ten was neither here nor there.
- The fact that you fantasise about a woman rather than a man is neither here nor there in these circumstances.
1neither ... nor ... used when mentioning two things that are not true or do not happen:  He can neither read nor write (=he cannot read or write). Hilary was neither shocked nor surprised by the news. Neither Matt nor Julie said anything.2formal used after a negative statement in order to introduce another negative statement containing a similar kind of information: I don’t expect children to be rude, nor do I expect to be disobeyed. It was not my fault, nor his.3British English used after a negative statement to say that the negative statement is also true for someone or something else: ‘I don’t want to go.’ ‘Nor do I.’ They couldn’t understand it at the time, and nor could we. → neither3 |