Meanings
alternative &/or · alternative and or
- Joins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or.
List three personal and/or business references.
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[Howland Owl:] There wasn't no everybody else... 'cept them what was in jail and/or dead. [Albert:] Since when is it a crime to be dead?
1960, Walt Kelly, Pogo, January 21 comic strip (→ISBN, p. 113)And because people derive personal esteem and meaning from their group memberships, they are naturally inclined to evaluate their ingroups positively in comparison to outgroups. When an ingroup’s dominant social position is secure or not contested by lower-status outgroups, intergroup harmony is expected to prevail. But when perceived as illegitimate and/or challenged by other groups, ingroup members can be expected to defend their group’s social position by engaging in pro-ingroup and/or anti-outgroup behaviors.
2022 May 2, Zachary Goldberg, “Explaining Shifts in White Racial Liberalism: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions and Media Effects”, in Georgia State University, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2025, page 40“As such, the issue with login remains. If for any reason you get the ‘Failed to connect to server’ issue, it means that the maximum number of login requests for that particular minute is exceeded and/or that the servers are full and will require someone to log out before allowing new players in. As mentioned above, the increased capacity should require less retries to get in.”
2024 February 12, Sourav Banik, “Helldivers 2 devs issue apology after massive server issues”, in DexertoThe AOTC and/or LLC cannot be claimed if the TIN is issued after the due date of the return (including extensions).
2025 May 28, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 43
Synonyms & antonyms
conjunctionJoins two alternatives to mean either or both; indicates that inclusive or is meant where or alone might be taken to mean exclusive or.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 和, 或
- 和 (hé/huò)inclusive "or"
- 或 (hé/huò)inclusive "or"
Czech a, nebo
- ainclusive "or"
- neboinclusive "or"
Danish og, eller
- oginclusive "or"
- ellerinclusive "or"
Dutch en, of
- eninclusive "or"
- ofinclusive "or"
Esperanto kaŭ
- kaŭinclusive "or"
Finnish tai, ja
- taiinclusive "or"
- jainclusive "or"
French et, ou
- etinclusive "or"
- ouinclusive "or"
German und, oder
- undinclusive "or"
- oderinclusive "or"
Greek και, ή
- και (kai/í)inclusive "or"
- ή (kai/í)inclusive "or"
Hebrew ו, או
- ו (v'/o)inclusive "or"
- או (v'/o)inclusive "or"
Hungarian és, vagy
- ésinclusive "or"
- vagyinclusive "or"
Icelandic og, eða
- oginclusive "or"
- eðainclusive "or"
Indonesian dan, atau
- daninclusive "or"
- atauinclusive "or"
Italian e, o
- einclusive "or"
- oinclusive "or"
Latin vel
- velinclusive "or"
Norwegian Bokmål og, eller
- oginclusive "or"
- ellerinclusive "or"
Polish i, lub
- iinclusive "or"
- lubinclusive "or"
Portuguese e, ou
- einclusive "or"
- ouinclusive "or"
Romanian și, sau
- șiinclusive "or"
- sauinclusive "or"
Russian и́, и́ли
- и́ (í/íli)inclusive "or"
- и́ли (í/íli)inclusive "or"
Spanish y, o
- yinclusive "or"
- oinclusive "or"
- yinclusive "or"
- uinclusive "or"
Swedish och, eller
- ochinclusive "or"
- ellerinclusive "or"
Turkish ve, veya
- veinclusive "or"
- veyainclusive "or"
Cite this entry
and/or. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%2For
“and/or.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%2For. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “and/or,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/and%2For.
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