nor

UK: strong: /ˈnɔː^r/, weak: /nə^r/

US: /nɔr; unstressed nɚ/

US: 'nor': (nôr; unstressed nər); 'NOR': (nôr)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

nor /nɔr; unstressed nɚ/   conj. 

1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce new items in a list or series):
   Neither he nor I will be there.
2. (used to express a connection plus a continuing of the force of a negative word coming before it, such as not, no, never, etc.):
   I never saw him again, nor did I regret it. She couldn't make it to the party, nor could we. She had no way of knowing, nor did we, that her husband was injured.

Usage

Notice that in the examples for definition 2 an auxiliary verb like did, or a modal verb like could, comes after nor, and the subject follows the auxiliary or modal:
..nor did I..; nor could we..

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

nor  (nôr; unstressed nər), conj. 

1. (used in negative phrases, esp. after neither, to introduce the second member in a series, or any subsequent member):
   Neither he nor I will be there. They won't wait for you, nor for me, nor for anybody.
2. (used to continue the force of a negative, as not, no, never, etc., occurring in a preceding clause):
   He left and I never saw him again, nor did I regret it.
3. (used after an affirmative clause, or as a continuative, in the sense of and not):
   They are happy, nor need we worry.
4. [Older Use.] than.
5. [Archaic.] (used without a preceding neither, the negative force of which is understood):
   He nor I was there.
6. [Archaic.] (used instead of neither as correlative to a following nor):
   Nor he nor I was there.

• 1300–50; Middle English, contraction of nother, Old English nōther, equivalent. to ne not + ōther (contraction of ōhwæther) either; compare or¹

Usage

See neither. 

nor-, 

1. a combining form used in the names of chemical compounds which are the normal or parent forms of the compound denoted by the base words:
   l-norepinephrine.

• short for normal

NOR  (nôr), n. 

1. Computing a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.

Nor., 

1. Norman.
2. North.
3. Northern.
4. Place Names Norway.
5. Norwegian.

nor., 

1. north.
2. northern.

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nor / nɔː (unstressed) nə/ conjunction , preposition (coordinating)

1. neither ... nor ⇒ (used to join alternatives) and not: neither measles nor mumps
2. followed by an auxiliary verb or have, do, or be used as main verbs: (and) not … either: they weren't talented — nor were they particularly funny
3. than: better nor me
4. neither: nor wind nor rain

Etymology: 13th Century: contraction of Old English nōther, from nāhwæther neither

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

NOR  (nôr), n. 

1. Computing a Boolean operator that returns a positive result when both operands are negative.

• 1955–60