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[ article ] determiner, one or the other indifferently
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[ adverb ] after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
Examples "he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either" "I don't know either" "if you don't order dessert I won't either" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)The engagement was_supposed_to be all set for the big theater in McCormick_Place , which Sol_Hurok , ballet booker extraordinary , considers the finest house of its kind in the country - and of_course he does n't weep at the capacity , either . (B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)The way in which it transports its pollen is not so perfect , either . The thing is that these bees love a fine-grained soil that is moist ; yet the water in the ground should not be stagnant either . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)`` And do n't either of you forget that I'm not any man 's property . Poor_devil he can n't have been too happy either . |
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[ conjunction ] conjunction, alternative
Synonyms Examples "Either your sister or your friend has been in the garden." |
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