adverb

either

Also not, following a negative statement.

She does not eat meat, and I do not either.

Etymology

The older word could refer to either or each of two alternatives. After a negative statement, it extends the same negation to a second case: that alternative does not hold either.

More examples

  • He was not there either.
  • We cannot go tomorrow either.
  • I have never seen it either.

Forms

either