"and/or" meaning in English

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Conjunction

IPA: /ˈændɔː(ɹ)/ Forms: or [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-con}} or
  1. Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or. Synonyms: or, &/or, and or Translations (inclusive "or"): (hé/huò) (Chinese Mandarin), (hé/huò) (Chinese Mandarin), a (Czech), nebo (Czech), og (Danish), eller (Danish), en (Dutch), of (Dutch), kaŭ (Esperanto), tai (Finnish), ja (Finnish), et (French), ou (French), ან (an/da) (Georgian), და (an/da) (Georgian), und (German), oder (German), και (kai/í) (Greek), ή (kai/í) (Greek), ו (v'/o) (Hebrew), או (v'/o) (Hebrew), és (Hungarian), vagy (Hungarian), og (Icelandic), eða (Icelandic), od (Ido), o (Ido), vel [rare] (Ido), e (Italian), o (Italian), vel (Latin), и (i/ili) (Macedonian), или (i/ili) (Macedonian), sy (Malagasy), na (Malagasy), og (Norwegian Bokmål), eller (Norwegian Bokmål), og (Norwegian Nynorsk), eller (Norwegian Nynorsk), i (Polish), lub (Polish), e (Portuguese), ou (Portuguese), și (Romanian), sau (Romanian), и́ (í/íli) (Russian), и́ли (í/íli) (Russian), и [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), или [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), i [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ili [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), y (Spanish), o (Spanish), y (note: before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-') (Spanish), u (note: before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-') (Spanish), och (Swedish), eller (Swedish), ve (Turkish), veya (Turkish)

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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "i"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ili"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-'",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "before words beginning in 'o-' or 'ho-'",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "och"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "ve"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inclusive \"or\"",
      "word": "veya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "and/or"
}

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