Neither Meaning
/ˈnaɪ.ðə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
detNot one of two; not either; not one or the other.
conjNot either (used with nor).
Sentence Examples
A mathematical truth is neither simple nor complicated; it is.
What you say is neither here nor there.
He didn't remember and neither did I.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After months of searching, ____ of the two missing hikers was found.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have tried both flavors, but ____ of them is as good as the original.
Word Origin & History
Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…]."
— 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
"For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]"
— 2025 June 19, Rami Kaminski, ““Otroverts” and why nonconformists often see what others can’t”, in Big Think:
"The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled."
— 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
"But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse."
— 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After months of searching, ____ of the two missing hikers was found.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I have tried both flavors, but ____ of them is as good as the original.