- used to show that a negative statement is also true of somebody/something else
- He didn't remember and neither did I.
- I hadn't been to New York before and neither had Jane.
- ‘I can't understand a word of it.’ ‘Neither can I.’
- (informal) ‘I don't know.’ ‘Me neither.’
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- neither… nor…used to show that a negative statement is true of two things
- I neither knew nor cared what had happened to him.
- Their house is neither big nor small.
- Neither the TV nor the Wifi actually work/works.
Word OriginMiddle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’).
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