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conjunction/ɔr/
Frequency rank: #25 most common English word
Meaning
Used to connect different possibilities, choices, or alternatives.
Example sentence
Would you like tea or coffee with your breakfast?
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- notUsed to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative.
- byShowing the means, method, or route used to do something.
- butUsed to introduce a contrast or something unexpected.
- fromShowing the place, person, or time something starts at or comes from.
- myBelonging to the person who is speaking.
- weThe person speaking together with one or more other people.
- yourBelonging to the person or people being spoken to.
- allThe whole number, amount, or extent of something.
- soTo such a great degree or extent.
- hisBelonging to a male person or animal already mentioned.