either
US /ˈiðɚ, ˈaɪðɚ/
・UK /ˈaɪðə(r)/
A1
adjective
- One of two (used when there is a choice of two)
- Used to refer to one or the other of two things, people, etc.
other
- Used to express agreement with a negative statement.
adverb
- Used to indicate that something is true of one thing and also of another.
- Used after a negative statement to indicate that the preceding statement applies equally to what follows.
- (After negative statements) likewise, in addition
conjunction
- Used as the first of two connected things
- Used before the first of two or more alternatives (the other being introduced by 'or').
- Used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives, the second being introduced by 'or'.
determiner
- One of the two; this one or that one.
- Used as the first of two connected things
pronoun
- One or the other of two people or things.
- The one or the other