[ˈniːðə], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives (the others being introduced by ‘nor’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each does not happen
(e.g: unlike her friends, she is neither a snob nor a gossip)

- used to introduce a further negative statement
(e.g: he didn't remember, and neither did I)


Phrases:
- neither one thing nor the other

Origin:
Middle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’)

[ˈniːðə], (Determiner)

Definitions:
- not the one nor the other; not either
(e.g: neither side of the brain is dominant over the other)


Phrases:
- neither one thing nor the other

Origin:
Middle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’)

[ˈniːðə], (Pronoun)

Definitions:
- not the one nor the other of two people or things
(e.g: neither of us believes it)


Phrases:
- neither one thing nor the other

Origin:
Middle English: alteration (by association with either) of Old English nawther, contraction of nāhwæther (from nā ‘no’ + hwæther ‘whether’)