AND/OR | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of and/or in English

and/or

phrase Add to word list Add to word list used to mean that either one of two things or both of them is possible: Many pupils have extra classes in the evenings and/or at weekends. They face up to eight years in prison and/or substantial fines. Many of these patients are suffering from hepatitis and/or liver cancer. The airline will give you a voucher for a drink and/or a meal. I was told to contact my doctor and/or the hospital. See also and (ALSO) and/orconjunction uk /ˌændˈɔːr/ us /ˌændˈɔːr/ (used to refer to both things or either one of the two mentioned) either "and" or "or": If the game is cancelled, you will get a refund and/or new tickets. Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings

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• anyhow
• anyways
• concatenate
• conjunctive
• conjunctively
• connective
• ergo
• hereby
• I mean idiom
• less
• mean
• much less idiom
• right
• so
• that is to say ... idiom
• there
• therefore
• therein lies idiom
• what

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Either, or, neither, nor (Definition of and/or from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

and/or | American Dictionary

and/orconjunction us /ˈændˈɔr/ Add to word list Add to word list (used to refer to both things or either one of the two mentioned) either "and" or "or": If the game is canceled, you will get a refund and/or new tickets. (Definition of and/or from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

and/or | Business English

and/orconjunction uk us Add to word list Add to word list used to mean that either one of two things or both of them is possible: Some banks are offering customers cards and/or loans over the internet. (Definition of and/or from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of and/or?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 和／或, 以及／或者… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 和／或, 以及／或者… See more in Spanish y/o… See more in Portuguese e/ou… See more Need a translator?

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