1
[ article ] determiner, one or the other indifferently
2
[ 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 .

3
[ conjunction ] conjunction, alternative

Synonyms

or

Examples

"Either your sister or your friend has been in the garden."

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