neither

nei-ther · determiner

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Definitions

determiner

  1. 1.

    Not one nor the other of two people or things.

  2. 2.

    Not either; not the one nor the other.

  3. 3.

    Used before the first of two alternatives that are both negated.

  4. 4.

    Used to introduce a further negative statement.

  5. 5.

    Also not; similarly not.

Related words

Antonyms: both, either
See also: both, either, nor
Synonyms: not either

Etymology

From Middle English "neither, nawther," from Old English "nawther," contraction of "nahwæther" meaning "not either," from "na" (no) + "hwæther" (which of two, whether).