Betekenis van or In het Nederlands

• 0 used to connect different possibilities:

  • Is it Tuesday or Wednesday today?

  • You can pay now or when you come back to pick up the paint.

  • Are you listening to me or not?

  • The patent was granted in (either) 1962 or 1963 - I can't quite remember which.

  • It doesn't matter whether you win or lose - it's taking part that's important.

  • There were ten or twelve (= approximately that number of) people in the room.

  • He was just kidding - or was he (= but it is possible that he was not)?

  • The child never smiles or laughs.

• 1 if not:

  • You should eat more, or you'll make yourself ill.

• 2 used to show that a word or phrase means the same as, or explains, limits, or corrects, another word or phrase:

  • Rosalind, or Roz to her friends, took the initiative.

  • Things have been going very well recently. Or they were, until two days ago.

• 3 used to describe something on a coat of arms (= a special shield or shield-shaped pattern that is the sign of a family, university, or city) that is gold or yellow:

  • The city's crest is a fleur-de-lys or between two roses argent.

• 4 abbreviation for operating room US

• 5 written abbreviation for the US state of Oregon: used in addresses

• 6 used to connect different possibilities:

  • Is today Tuesday or Wednesday?

  • You can get that blouse in blue, gray, or white.

  • There were ten or twelve people in the room (= approximately that number of people).

  • We’d better make a decision soon or the whole deal will fall through.

  • He won’t eat meat or fish (= and will not eat fish either).

• 7 used to show that a word or phrase means the same as, or explains or corrects, another word or phrase:

  • Photons, or individual particles of light, travel huge distances in space.

  • Things were going well, or seemed to be, but the relationship had already begun to change.

• 8 abbreviation for operating room

• 9 →  operations research