either
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- determiner
- /ˈiːðər/
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cualquiera de los dos
- I will take either chocolate or vanilla ice cream for dessert.
- either of the two
- in either case
- either way
What I love is like either food or like products.
- What I love is like either food or like products.
- I would use either spring water or Birch SAP.
- I recommend either no drinks or all of the drinks.
- OK, either rag and bone or scents of wood.
- The first thing is to solve for Y or X in either equation.
Examples
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We'll go and we'll watch either a movie or a show.
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She has never met either one of them.
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So, so bottom line, either of these would be a good bet for you.
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So people can either accept it or reject it.
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The order of the slides was not changed for either group during the study.
Academic text (1990) -
Clients may change their minds, in either direction, at any point during counseling.
Academic text (2011) -
Either way, it'll be fun.
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Teaching the trade to Joyce was taking far more time than either of them had imagined.
Fiction book (1990) -
When the command came to halt, the men flopped down on either side of the trail.
Academic text (1990) -
A similar rift now would not be in the long-term interest of either country.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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Any person or thing from a group, not a specific one
Surface Forms
Etymology
Either comes from an old English word meaning 'each of two' and is related to other, so it now means 'one or the other' when you choose between two things.