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OR US English

operational research

or1 US English

used to link alternatives

or2 US English

gold or yellow, as a heraldic tincture

-or1 US English

(forming nouns) denoting a person or thing performing the action of a verb, or denoting another agent

-or2 US English

forming adjectives expressing a comparative sense

-or3 US English

forming nouns denoting a state or condition

-or4 US English

US form of -our.

OR in operating room (abbreviation: OR) US English

a room in a hospital specially equipped for surgical operations

OR gate in or1 US English

a circuit that gives an output signal if there is a signal on any of its inputs

—— or no —— in no US English

regardless of the specified thing

or so in or1 US English

(after a quantity) approximately

and/or in and US English

either or both of two stated possibilities

or else in else US English

used to introduce the second of two alternatives

either/or (also either-or) US English

an unavoidable choice between two alternatives

or worse in worse US English

used to suggest a possibility that is still more serious or unpleasant than one already considered, but that the speaker does not wish or need to specify

or anything in anything US English

added as a general reference to other things similar to the thing mentioned

do or die in do1 US English

persist, even if death is the result

do-or-die US English

(of a person’s attitude or a situation) showing or requiring a determination not to compromise or be deterred

or whatever in whatever US English

or anything similar

or wherever in wherever US English

or any similar place

exclusive OR US English

a Boolean operator working on two variables that has the value of one if one but not both of the variables has a value of one

or or and otherwise in otherwise US English

indicating the opposite of or a contrast to something stated

or something in something US English

added as a reference to an unspecified alternative similar to the thing mentioned

all-or-none US English

another way of saying all-or-nothing.

give or take —— in give US English

to within —— (used to express the degree or accuracy of a figure)

hit-or-miss in hit US English

as likely to be unsuccessful as successful

more or less in more US English

speaking imprecisely; to a certain extent

now or never in now US English

used to convey urgency

sink or swim in sink1 US English

fail or succeed entirely by one’s own efforts

a —— or two or two or three —— in two US English

used to denote a small but unspecified number

win or lose in win US English

whether one succeeds or fails

not US English

used as a short substitute for a negative clause

all-or-nothing US English

having no middle position or compromise available

death-or-glory US English

brave to the point of foolhardiness; reckless

make or break in make US English

be the factor that decides whether (something) will succeed or fail

one or another or the other in one US English

denoting or referring to a particular but unspecified one out of a set of items

plus or minus in plus US English

used to define the margin of error of an estimate or calculation

come rain or shine in rain US English

whether it rains or not

trick or treat US English

a children’s custom of calling at houses at Halloween with the threat of pranks if they are not given a small gift (often used as a greeting by children doing this)

fish or cut bait in bait US English

stop vacillating and act on something or disengage from it

common or garden in common US English

of the usual or ordinary type

double or nothing in double US English

a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled or canceled

feast or famine in feast US English

either too much of something or too little

fight or flight in fight US English

the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away

hide or hair of someone in hide2 US English

the slightest sight or trace of someone