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Revision as of 14:51, 28 January 2016
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ǣġhwæþer, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic, ultimately corresponding to ay + whether. Akin to Old Saxon eogihwethar, iahwethar (Low German jeed); Old Dutch *iogewether, *iowether, *iother (Dutch ieder); Old High German eogihwedar, iegihweder, ieweder (German jeder).
Pronunciation
- enPR: īth′ə(r), (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈaɪð.ə(ɹ)/- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Rhymes: -aɪðə(ɹ) - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter)Audio (UK): (file)
- (deprecated use of
- enPR: ēth′ə(r), (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) IPA(key): /ˈiːð.ə(ɹ)/- (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter) Rhymes: -iːðə(ɹ) - (deprecated use of
|lang=parameter)Audio (US): (file)
- (deprecated use of
- In the UK the first pronunciation is generally used more in southern England, while the latter is more usual in northern England. However, this is an oversimplification, and the pronunciation used varies by individual speaker and sometimes by situation. The second pronunciation is the most common in the United States.
Determiner
either
- Each of two. [from 9th c.]
- John Milton (1608-1674)
- His flowing hair / In curls on either cheek played.
- 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, page 31:
- Her hands, long and beautiful, lay on either side of her face.
- John Milton (1608-1674)
- One or the other of two. [from 14th c.]
- (coordinating) Used before two or more not necessarily exclusive possibilities separated by "or" or sometimes by a comma.
- You'll either be early, late, or on time.
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Synonyms
Translations
each of two
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one or the other
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Pronoun
either
- (obsolete) Both, each of two or more.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1, Bk.VII:
- Than ayther departed to theire tentis and made hem redy to horsebacke as they thought beste.
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
- Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:, III.i:
- And either vowd with all their power and wit, / To let not others honour be defaste […].
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
- There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists.
- Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1, Bk.VII:
- One or other of two people or things.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban, The Guardian, 6 September:
- Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban, The Guardian, 6 September:
Adverb
either (not comparable)
- (conjunctive, after a negative) As well.
- I don't like him and I don't like her either.
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Usage notes
either is sometimes used, especially in North American English, where neither would be more traditionally accurate: "I'm not hungry." "Me either."
Synonyms
Translations
(after a negative) as well
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Conjunction
either
- Introduces the first of two options, the second of which is introduced by "or".
- Either you eat your dinner or you go to your room.
Translations
Introduces the first of two options
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Usage notes
- When there are more than two alternatives, "any" is used instead.
See also
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