Used in a Sentence

neither

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for neither.

Editorial note

Neither were perfect, and made errors every so often, but neither drastically more than the other.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Similarly not.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of neither gathered in one view.

adverb

Similarly not.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for neither.

adverb

Similarly not.

Example sentences

1

Neither were perfect, and made errors every so often, but neither drastically more than the other.

2

The lack of compromise leads to neither happening so many republicans really don't want smaller govt.

3

You shouldn't go trying to be a PM, because you've got neither the experience nor the respect to get there.

4

Maybe it's neither for God nor for us but rather for the benefit of those claiming to speak on behalf of God.

5

There are two cited that way, and neither appears in that link.

6

I don't have the data tell what the chance is that the average Starbucks barista has a college degree but I'd claim neither do you if you're just going by that article.

7

Sure, you want cake instead of bread, but both do a really great job of feeding you and most of your brethren around the World have neither.

8

>You shouldn't go trying to be a PM, because you've got neither the experience nor the respect to get there.

9

This is out of core tracing and is great that they implemented it, but neither out of core tracing and sorting rays are feats of engineering.

10

Todays kids build in Minecraft, just as I built in Legos, because neither of us could fight through the massive amount of red tape to build something real in, say, California.

11

> neither out of core tracing and sorting rays are feats of engineering Presumably this statement based on your having shipped a production renderer that does these things?

12

If neither of those are true and an 'in' can't be transitively passed on as an 'in/out', then that's a type - however you want to refer to it, 'in' is then a type with all of the 'broken' type restrictions you're railing against in C/C++.

Quote examples

1

Neither does any appreciation, or indeed even an active lack of appreciation, that "knowing people" is the way to break through the HR process.

2

We know that there are statements that can neither be proved nor disproved, so we cannot make use of the law of excluded middle "a statement is true or it is not".

3

> You can make it work, but it's just not good style...neither is "style".

4

Now the handwaving is concentrated in the "then note that..."; if that isn't sufficiently obvious, consider ad for a=0,1,2,3,4 and note that no two can be equal mod 5 because if ad=bd mod 5 then (a-b)d is a multiple of 5, but neither factor is a multiple of 5 and 5 is prime.

Proper noun examples

1

Neither are secure in the hands of random ephemeral startups or big silos.

2

Neither of those uses of the word would surprise me.

3

Neither are unique in cutting off all contact, but they certainly are remarkable in waiting until after an in-person interview by a non-local candidate to do so.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use neither in a sentence?

Neither were perfect, and made errors every so often, but neither drastically more than the other.

What does neither mean?

Similarly not.

What part of speech is neither?

neither is commonly used as adverb.