1. not one or the other of two people or things
Usage: used before singular nouns

1. not one or the other of two people or things
Usage: takes singular verb

1. also not; used to show agreement with a negative statement
Usage: often followed by auxiliary verb and subject

1. used with ‘nor’ to introduce two negative alternatives
Usage: part of correlative conjunction ‘neither…nor’

Examples

• Neither answer is correct.
• Neither of the students passed the test.
• I don’t like coffee, and neither does my sister.
• She speaks neither French nor Spanish.
• Neither option appeals to me.
• If you’re not going, neither am I.
• Neither team scored in the first half.