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conjunction
1.
except under the circumstances that: I'll be there at nine, unless the train is late.
preposition
2.
except; but; save: Nothing will come of it, unless disaster.
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Unless
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
unless
1467, earlier onlesse (c.1440), from on lesse (than) "on a less condition (than)," the first syllable originally on, but the negative connotation and the lack of stress changed it to un-.
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