Or vs To - What's the difference?
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Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "eitheror".
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Logical union of two sets of values. There are two forms, an exclusive or and an inclusive or.
Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
Otherwise; a consequence of the condition that the previous is false
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Connects two equivalent names.
(tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
(tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete) Early (on).
(obsolete) Earlier, previously.
Before; ere.
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In the direction of, and arriving at.
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(time) Preceding.
(Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) at
Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
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(nautical) Into the wind.
As nouns the difference between or and to
is that or is gold while to is thaw, weather conditions that make snow and ice melt.or
English
(wikipedia or)Etymology 1
(etyl) .Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or' disciform, as broad ' or broader than the calyptra stalk
Synonyms
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* neither * norEtymology 2
From (etyl)Noun
(-)- 1909', The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "'''or " and "argent". — Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, ''A Complete Guide to Heraldry
- 1889', In engraving, "'''Or " is expressed by dots. — Charles Norton Elvin, ''A Dictionary of Heraldry
Synonyms
* (gold or yellow tincture) , OrAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* goldEtymology 3
Late (etyl) ). Compare (ere).Adverb
Preposition
(English prepositions)Statistics
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English
Alternative forms
* (dialectal) ter * (contraction) t' * (abbreviation)Particle
(en-part)- I want to leave.
- He asked me what to do.
- I don’t know how to say it.
- I have places to''' go and people '''to see.
- To' err is human, ' to forgive divine.
- To be, or not to be: that is the question: /
- Odds are, BP to get new CEO this year
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- "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to , but it was closed."
- If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to .
Derived terms
* going to / gonna * got to / gotta * have to / hafta * ought to / oughta * supposed to / supposta * used to / usta * want to / wanna * fixing to / finnaPreposition
(English prepositions)- We are walking to the shop.
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- Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.
- He devoted himself to education.
- They drank to his health.
- That is something to do.
- His face was beaten to a pulp.
- similar to''' ...'', ''relevant '''to''' ...'', ''pertinent '''to''' ...'', ''I was nice '''to''' him'', ''he was cruel '''to''' her'', ''I am used '''to walking.
- one to one = 1:1
- ten to one = 10:1.
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- Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
- Three to the power of two is nine.
- Three to the second is nine.
- I gave the book to him.
- ten to''' ten'' = 9:50; ''We're going to leave at ten '''to (the hour).
- Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
See also
* atAdverb
(-)- Please push the door to .
- He went in his room, pushed the door to , without fastening the latch.