Definition of Either

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Either

One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one.

Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number.

precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or.

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Either Quotations

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
Albert Einstein

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
Albert Einstein

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Thomas Jefferson

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.
Wayne Dyer

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Tony Robbins

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Mark Twain

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
C. S. Lewis

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Napoleon Hill

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Mohandas Gandhi

Either Translations

either in German is entweder, entweder, beide
either in Italian is o
either in Norwegian is hvilken som helst
either in Spanish is una
either in Swedish is heller, endera

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