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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. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations neither [ˈnaɪðəʳ] adj → ni neither [ˈnaɪðəʳ] adj, pron → aucun(e) (des deux) → ni l'un(e) ni l'autre 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 of them → ni l'un ni l'autre 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) neither story is true → keine der beiden Geschichten stimmt; 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 . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It follows plainly, in the first place, that the change, of fortune presented must not be the spectacle of a virtuous man brought from prosperity to adversity: for this moves neither pity nor fear; it merely shocks us. He put aside his bow, and went neither to fight nor to hunt, but from sunrise to sunset he sat by the place where she was laid, thinking of his happiness that was buried there. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. |
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