neither meaning
EN
[ˈnaɪð.ə(ɹ)] [-aɪðə(ɹ)] [ˈniːð.ə(ɹ)] [-iːðə(ɹ)] 
US US WNeither
- Neither is an English pronoun, adverb, and determiner signifying the absence of a choice in an either/or situation. Neither may also refer to:
- Neither (opera), the only opera by Morton Feldman
- "neither" (short story), a very short story by Samuel Beckett
- Pronoun
- not either one.
- ... because neither is correct.
- not either one.
- Adverb
- (conjunctive) similarly not.
- Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.
- (conjunctive) similarly not.
- Conjunction
- Not either (used with nor).
- The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them [ …] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. [ …] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate [ …] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
- Not either (used with nor).
- Determiner
- Not one of two; not either.
- Neither definition seems correct.
- Not one of two; not either.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- A city that is set on an hill, cannot be hid, neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it lighteth all them which are in the house.
- They gave her room, all right, especially if her medium happened to be water color, as Judy was a grand splasher and spared neither water nor paint.
- There were no robbers, nor murderers, neither were there Lamanites, nor any manner of -ites; but they were in one, the children of Christ, and heirs to the kingdom of God.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Neither data set provided evidence for an increased encephalisation index compared to other wrasse species.
- Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. — State Trials (1661).
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of neither in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Conjunctive adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Conjunctive adverbs
- Conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Determiners
- Pronouns
- Third person pronouns
- Indefinite pronouns
- Third person pronouns
- Adverbs
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "neither" is an adverb, more specifically, a conjunctive adverb and an uncomparable adverb. It's also a conjunction, more specifically, a coordinating conjunction. It's also a determiner. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, a third person pronoun and an indefinite pronoun.