neither
adverb
- similarly not; also not
conjunction
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L333942 on Wikidata ↗adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L338639 on Wikidata ↗- not for each of the subject entities (usually 2)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.ðə/ / /ˈniː.ðə/ / /ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/
adv
Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.
- Similarly not.
“Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.”
“Neither can she stop him, nor can he stop her.”
conj
Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.
- Nor.
“But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse.”
det
Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.
- Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.
“Neither definition seems correct.”
“She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].”
pron
Etymology: Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.
- Not either one of two.
“I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly.”
“Her words of advice will help neither of us.”