neither

nei·ther  (nr, n-)

adj.

Not one or the other; not either: Neither shoe feels comfortable.

pron.

Not either one; not the one or the other: Neither of the twins is here. Neither will do. Neither of them is incorrect.

conj.

1. Not either; not in either case. Used with the correlative conjunction nor: Neither we nor they want it. She neither called nor wrote. I got neither the gift nor the card.

2. Also not: If he won't go, neither will she.

adv.

Similarly not; also not: Just as you would not, so neither would they.

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[Middle English, from Old English nwther, nhwæther (influenced by æghwæther, ægther, either) : n, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + hwæther, which of two; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: According to the traditional rule, neither is used only to mean "not one or the other of two." To refer to "none of several," none is preferred: None (not neither) of the three opposition candidates would make a better president than the incumbent. · The traditional rule also holds that neither is grammatically singular: Neither candidate is having an easy time with the press. However, it is often used with a plural verb, especially when followed by of and a plural: Neither of the candidates are really expressing their own views. · As a conjunction neither is properly followed by nor, not or, in formal style: Neither prayers nor curses (not or curses) did any good. See Usage Notes at either, every, he¹, none, nor¹, or¹.

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neither

Adjective

not one nor the other (of two): neither enterprise went well

pron

not one nor the other (of two): neither completed the full term

conj

a. used preceding alternatives joined by nor; not: sparing neither strength nor courage

b. same as nor (sense 2)

Adverb

Not standard same as either (sense 4) [Old English nāwther]

USAGE: A verb following a compound subject that uses neither...(nor) should be in the singular if both subjects are in the singular: neither Jack nor John has done the work.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

neither - not either; not one or the other incomplete, uncomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"

Translations

neither [ˈnaɪðəʳ] adj → ni

conj I didn't move and neither did John → no me he movido, ni Juan tampoco pron → ninguno;

neither is true → ninguno/a de los(las) dos es cierto/a adv neither good nor bad → ni bueno ni malo

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neither [ˈnaɪðəʳ] adj, pron → aucun(e) (des deux) → ni l'un(e) ni l'autre

conj neither do I → moi non plus;

I didn't move and neither did Claude → je n'ai pas bougé, (et) Claude non plus adv neither good nor bad → ni bon ni mauvais;

neither did I refuse → (et or mais) je n'ai pas non plus refusé;

neither of them → ni l'un ni l'autre

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neither [ˈnaɪðəʳ] conj I didn't move and neither did John → ich bewegte mich nicht und John auch nicht pron → keine(r, s) (von beiden)

adv neither ... nor ... → weder ... noch ...;

neither story is true → keine der beiden Geschichten stimmt;

neither is true → beides stimmt nicht;

neither do I/have I → ich auch nicht

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neither [ˈnaɪðəʳ] adj, pron → né l'uno/a né l'altro/a, nessuno/a dei(delle) due

conj → neanche, nemmeno, neppure

adv neither good nor bad → né buono né cattivo;

I didn't move and neither did Claude → io non mi mossi e nemmeno Claude;

... neither did I refuse → ..., ma non ho nemmeno rifiutato

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neither

adjectiv / pron neither [ˈnaiðə, (especially American ) ˈni:ðə(r)]

not the one nor the other (of two things or people) Neither window faces the sea; Neither of them could understand Italian. nog وَلا واحِد منهُما нико един žádný, nikdo ingen kein κανένας από τους δύο de los ninguno dos kumbki نه این ونه آن ei kumpikaan ni l'un ni l'autre, aucun des deux אַף אֶחָד מִשנֵי- नहीं nijedan egyik sem (a kettő közül) tidak satu pun hvorugur (nessuno dei due) どちらも～でない ...도 아니고 또 ...도 아니다 nei vienas (nei kitas) neviens kedua-duanya tidak geen van beide ingen av, verken den ene eller den andre żaden z nenhum nici un, nici o (din doi); nici unul, nici una (din doi) никакой; ни тот, ни другой žiadny nobeden (od dveh) nijedan ingen, ingendera ต่างก็ไม่ (ikisinden) hiç biri, hiç biri 兩者都不 ні той, ні інший; жоден نہ يہ نہ وہ không ... cũng không 两者都不

neither … nor

used to introduce alternatives which are both negative Neither John nor David could come; He can neither read nor write. nóg ... nóg لا... ولا нито нито ani ... ani hverken ... eller weder... noch ούτε...ούτε (σε άρνηση) ni... ni هیچ یک از آن دو ei ... eikä ni...ni לא...וְלא और नहीं niti sem...sem tidak satu pun; tidak... dan tidak... hvorki .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. né né (...) né (...) どちらも～でない ...도 아니고 또 ...도 아니다 nei... nei ne... ne... baik sesuatu mahupun sesuatu, tidak noch... noch verken... eller ani ... ani nem...nem nici..., nici... ни... ни... ani ... ani niti... niti niti varken ... eller ไม่ทั้งสอง ne ... ne (de) 既不...也不... ні ... ні کوئي بھي نہيں không... mà cũng không 既不...也不...

As with either … or , the verb usually follows the noun or pronoun that comes closest to it: Neither Kate nor Susan is responsible ; Neither she nor her children speak English .