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Conjunction

or

1. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.
   • You may stay or go.
2. An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms: the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
   • It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. Connects two equivalent names.
   • The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. Used in between two numbers to denote a range between them.
   • A man of 18 or 20 years

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