or

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.

You may either stay or come.

He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.

An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.

Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!

No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

Connects two equivalent names.

The country Myanmar, or Burma

Alternative form of OR.

The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".

In engraving, "Or" is expressed by dots.