"either … or" meaning in English

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Conjunction

Head templates: {{head|en|conjunction}} either … or
  1. Tags: no-gloss, translation-hub Related terms: neither … nor, both … and, not only … but also Translations (Translations): إِمَّا … أَوْ (ʔimmā … ʔaw) (Arabic), يا ... يا (yā ... yā) [Gulf-Arabic] (Arabic), կամ … կամ (kam … kam) (Armenian), o bé … o bé (Catalan), buď … anebo (Czech), ofwel … ofwel (Dutch), hetzij … hetzij (Dutch), ĉu … ĉu (Esperanto), joko … tai (Finnish), ou … ou (French), soit … soit (French), entweder … oder (German), ή … ή (í … í) (Greek), vagy … vagy (Hungarian), annaðhvort … eða (Icelandic), o … o (Italian), oppure … oppure (Italian), aut … aut (Latin), vel … vel (Latin), или … или (ili … ili) (Macedonian), enten … eller (Norwegian), anten … eller (Norwegian Nynorsk), albo … albo (Polish), ou … ou (Portuguese), ori … ori (Romanian), sau … sau (Romanian), или … или (ili … ili) (Russian), ali … ali (Slovene), o … o (Spanish), bien … bien (Spanish), antingen … eller (Swedish), ya … ya da (Turkish), або … або (abo … abo) (Ukrainian), un ai … neu (Welsh), naill ai … neu (Welsh)
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          "roman": "kam … kam",
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          "word": "կամ … կամ"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "code": "cs",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "Translations",
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        },
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          "code": "el",
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          "word": "ή … ή"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "vagy … vagy"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "annaðhvort … eða"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "o … o"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "oppure … oppure"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "aut … aut"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "vel … vel"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ili … ili",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "или … или"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "enten … eller"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "anten … eller"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "albo … albo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ou … ou"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ori … ori"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "sau … sau"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ili … ili",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "или … или"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ali … ali"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "o … o"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "bien … bien"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "antingen … eller"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ya … ya da"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "або … або"
        },
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "un ai … neu"
        },
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "naill ai … neu"
        }
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "soit … soit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "entweder … oder"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "í … í",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ή … ή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vagy … vagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "annaðhvort … eða"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "o … o"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "oppure … oppure"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "aut … aut"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "vel … vel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ili … ili",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "или … или"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "enten … eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "anten … eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "albo … albo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ou … ou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ori … ori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sau … sau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ili … ili",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "или … или"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ali … ali"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "o … o"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "bien … bien"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "antingen … eller"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ya … ya da"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "abo … abo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "або … або"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "un ai … neu"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "naill ai … neu"
    }
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  "word": "either … or"
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