either

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ˈē-thər also ˈī-\
- /ˈaɪðə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ˈē-thər also ˈī-\

Definitions of either word

noun either Used before the first of two (or occasionally more ) alternatives that are being specified (the other being introduced by “ or ”). 1
noun either one or another 1
adjective either whichever of two 1
adjective either each of two 1
adverb either 'also' in the negative 1
conjunction either You use either in front of the first of two or more alternatives, when you are stating the only possibilities or choices that there are. The other alternatives are introduced by 'or'. 0

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Parts of speech for Either

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Either

either popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for either

adjective either

whichever — no matter which: whichever day; whichever ones you choose.
any — You use any in statements with negative meaning to indicate that no thing or person of a particular type exists, is present, or is involved in a situation.
both — You use both when you are referring to two people or things and saying that something is true about each of them.
each — every one of two or more considered individually or one by one: each stone in a building; a hallway with a door at each end.

general either

a bit — A bit of something is a small amount of it.
a little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
in general — of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.

conjunction either

preferentially — of, relating to, or of the nature of preference: preferential policies.
in other words — that is to say
conversely — You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described.
on the other hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.

pronoun either

one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.

All 17 Synonyms of either

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