3neither conjunction
1 — used with nor to indicate two or more people, things, actions, etc., about which something is not true ▪ Neither my wife nor I can attend the party. ▪ Neither wood nor plastic conducts heat like metal does. ▪ I neither know nor care. ▪ I'm neither happy nor sad. ▪ She eats neither meat nor cheese. [=(more commonly) she does not eat meat or cheese] ◊When neither and nor are used to join two subjects, the verb should agree with the subject that is closer to it.
▪ Neither my father nor I am going to the meeting. 2 : also not — used after a negative statement ▪ “I don't believe his story.” “Neither do I.” [=I also do not believe his story] ▪ They didn't believe his story, and neither did I. ▪ I did not believe his story, but neither did I believe hers.
▪ Neither my father nor I am going to the meeting.
me neither — see 4either
neither here nor there — see 1here
