Usually means: Choice between two exclusive options.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word either-or:

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  1. either-or: Merriam-Webster
  2. either-or: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. either-or: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. either-or, either-or: Collins English Dictionary
  5. either-or: Wordnik
  6. either-or: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. either-or: Wiktionary
  8. either-or: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. either-or: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. either-or: Dictionary.com
  11. Either-or: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. either-or: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (either-or)

adjective:  Describing a situation in which there are only two choices.
adjective:  Describing a situation in which there is a choice between two different plans of action, but both together are not possible.
noun:  A situation in which there is a choice between two different plans of action, but both together are not possible.

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