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"3": "*h₂ey-",
"4": "*kʷ-",
"5": "*-teros",
"id1": "life"
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"1": "gem-pro",
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"expansion": "*aiwon",
"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*gahwaþera"
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"expansion": "*gahwaþera",
"name": "m"
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"2": "eogihwethar"
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"expansion": "Old Saxon eogihwethar",
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{
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"1": "osx",
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"expansion": "iahwethar",
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{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "jeed"
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"expansion": "Low German jeed",
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},
{
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"1": "odt",
"2": "*iowether"
},
"expansion": "*iowether",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "odt",
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},
"expansion": "*iother",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "ieder"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ieder",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "eogihwedar"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "iegihweder"
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "jeder"
},
"expansion": "German jeder",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"text": "I don't like him, and I don't like her either.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "I know a cheap Spanish restaurant. It's not far from here, either.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax",
"text": "But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.",
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"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔayḍan",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "أَيْضًا"
},
{
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"roman": "ka-ḏālika",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "كَذٰلِكَ"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "също"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "tampoc"
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{
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"roman": "yěbù",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "也不"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ook (niet)"
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{
"code": "et",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "samuti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "myöskään"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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},
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ούτε"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "sem"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ach oiread"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "neanche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "nemmeno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "neppure"
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{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "também não"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "tampouco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "nici"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tákže ne",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "та́кже не"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "tampoco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "takóž",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "тако́ж"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ðə(ɹ)/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈiː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈi.ðɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ðɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈeɪ.ðə(ɹ)/",
"note": "obsolete (in use until the 20th c.)"
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"other": "/aɪ/"
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{
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{
"other": "/iː/"
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{
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{
"enpr": "ī′''th''ə(r)"
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{
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"name": "cog"
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"1": "odt",
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"name": "m"
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{
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "ieder"
},
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{
"args": {
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"name": "cog"
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "jeder"
},
"expansion": "German jeder",
"name": "cog"
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],
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"word": "either-handed"
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{
"word": "either-or"
},
{
"word": "either way"
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{
"word": "either-way offence"
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{
"word": "either … or"
}
],
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{
"text": "Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room."
},
{
"text": "You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both."
},
{
"text": "You'll be either early, late, or on time.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2006 December 5, Jackie Mason, quotee, “Mason drops lawsuit vs. Jews for Jesus”, in USA Today",
"text": "You can't be a table and a chair. You're either a Jew or a gentile.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1893, Walter Besant, “Prologue”, in The Ivory Gate",
"text": "Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language[…]his clerks[…]understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.",
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{
"word": "nor"
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{
"word": "or"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔimā",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "إِمَا"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔima...ʔaw..",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "اما ...أو"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ya ʔima... ya",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "يا اما... يا"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abó ... abó",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "або́ ... або́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "alʹbó ... alʹbó",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "альбо́ ... альбо́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ci ... ci",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ці ... ці"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ili ... ili",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "или ... или"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nito ... nito",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "нито ... нито"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòzhě ... huòzhě ...",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "或者……或者……"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "要麼……要麼……"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàome ... yàome ...",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "要么……要么……"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "buď"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "buď ... nebo"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "of"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ofwel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "hetzij"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ĉu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "kas"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "antin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "joko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "joko tai"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ou"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "soit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "soit ... ou"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "entweder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "entweder ... oder"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "andizuh",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eíte ... eíte",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "είτε ... είτε"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ḗtoi ... ḗ",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ἤτοι ... ἤ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eíte ... eíte",
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"word": "εἴτε ... εἴτε"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "vagy...vagy..."
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "annaðhvort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "o"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "oppure"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-ka ...-ka",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "…か…か"
},
{
"code": "kok",
"lang": "Konkani",
"roman": "ekā...ki",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "एका...कि"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...deunji ...-deunji",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "...든지 ...든지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...deun ...-deun",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "...든 ...든"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "aut..."
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "enten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "anten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
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"code": "ang",
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"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
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"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "scn",
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"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "ya sea...o"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "antingen...eller"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ya ... ya da"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "або́ ... або́"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "hoặc … hoặc"
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"ref": "Jonathan Swift (1726) Gulliver's Travels, 1st edition",
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "la",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"code": "ro",
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"code": "ru",
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"(obsolete) Both, each of two or more."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ðə(ɹ)/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈiː.ðə(ɹ)/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈi.ðɚ/",
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"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ðɚ/",
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"General-American"
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},
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{
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"other": "/iː/"
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"enpr": "ī′''th''ə(r)"
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{
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{
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{
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"1": "osx",
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{
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"expansion": "Low German jeed",
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{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
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"expansion": "Old Dutch *iogewether",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
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"expansion": "*iother",
"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ieder"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ieder",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "eogihwedar"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "goh",
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{
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"1": "goh",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "jeder"
},
"expansion": "German jeder",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"pos": "adv",
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "I don't like him, and I don't like her either.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I know a cheap Spanish restaurant. It's not far from here, either.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax",
"text": "But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.",
"type": "quotation"
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"As well."
],
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"(conjunctive, after a negative) As well."
],
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"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
]
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
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{
"ipa": "/ˈiː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈi.ðɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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{
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"General-American"
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{
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},
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"note": "obsolete (in use until the 20th c.)"
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{
"other": "/iː/"
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{
"other": "/iː/"
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{
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{
"enpr": "ā′''th''ə(r)"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔayḍan",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "أَيْضًا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ka-ḏālika",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "كَذٰلِكَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎšto",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "също"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "tampoc"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yěbù",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "也不"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ook (niet)"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "samuti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "myöskään"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "-kaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "-kään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "non plus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "auch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ebenso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ebenfalls"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "oúte",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ούτε"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "sem"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "ach oiread"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "neanche"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "nemmeno"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "neppure"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "też nie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "também não"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "tampouco"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "nici"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tákže ne",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "та́кже не"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "tampoco"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "heller"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "takóž",
"sense": "(after a negative) as well",
"word": "тако́ж"
}
],
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{
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{
"word": "either-way offence"
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{
"word": "either … or"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "*iogewether"
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "eogihwedar"
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"2": "ieweder"
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "jeder"
},
"expansion": "German jeder",
"name": "cog"
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{
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{
"word": "or"
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room."
},
{
"text": "You can have either potatoes or rice with that, but not both."
},
{
"text": "You'll be either early, late, or on time.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2006 December 5, Jackie Mason, quotee, “Mason drops lawsuit vs. Jews for Jesus”, in USA Today",
"text": "You can't be a table and a chair. You're either a Jew or a gentile.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1893, Walter Besant, “Prologue”, in The Ivory Gate",
"text": "Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language[…]his clerks[…]understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade, or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.",
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"or#English"
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈiː.ðə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈi.ðɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.ðɚ/",
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"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːðə(ɹ)"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈeɪ.ðə(ɹ)/",
"note": "obsolete (in use until the 20th c.)"
},
{
"other": "/aɪ/"
},
{
"other": "/iː/"
},
{
"other": "/iː/"
},
{
"other": "/aɪ/"
},
{
"other": "/eɪ/"
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/En-uk-either.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/En-us-either.ogg",
"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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{
"enpr": "ī′''th''ə(r)"
},
{
"enpr": "ā′''th''ə(r)"
}
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔimā",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "إِمَا"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔima...ʔaw..",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "اما ...أو"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ya ʔima... ya",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "يا اما... يا"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "abó ... abó",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "або́ ... або́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "alʹbó ... alʹbó",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "альбо́ ... альбо́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ci ... ci",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ці ... ці"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ili ... ili",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "или ... или"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nito ... nito",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "нито ... нито"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòzhě ... huòzhě ...",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "或者……或者……"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "要麼……要麼……"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yàome ... yàome ...",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "要么……要么……"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "buď"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "buď ... nebo"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "of"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ofwel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "hetzij"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ĉu"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "kas"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "antin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "joko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "joko tai"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ou"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "soit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "soit ... ou"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "entweder"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "entweder ... oder"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "andizuh",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eíte ... eíte",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "είτε ... είτε"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ḗtoi ... ḗ",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ἤτοι ... ἤ"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eíte ... eíte",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "εἴτε ... εἴτε"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "vagy...vagy..."
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "annaðhvort"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "o"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "oppure"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "-ka ...-ka",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "…か…か"
},
{
"code": "kok",
"lang": "Konkani",
"roman": "ekā...ki",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "एका...कि"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...deunji ...-deunji",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "...든지 ...든지"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "...deun ...-deun",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "...든 ...든"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "aut..."
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "enten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "anten"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "enten"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "oþþe"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "یا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "albo... albo..."
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "with negative",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ani ... ani..."
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "bądź"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ou ... ou"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "íli ... íli",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "и́ли ... и́ли"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "líbo ... líbo",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ли́бо ... ли́бо"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ither"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "aon chuid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "an dara cuid"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "o ... o"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "o...o puru"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "buď...alebo..."
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "o ... o"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ya sea...o"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "antingen...eller"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ya ... ya"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "ya ... ya da"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "abó ... abó",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "або́ ... або́"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "introduces the first of two options",
"word": "hoặc … hoặc"
}
],
"word": "either"
}
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