Synonym: about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, roughly, some. Similar words: for sure, for sale, at worst, endorse, person, ever so, out of doors, in person. Meaning: adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
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1. Many of the 100,000 or so families who lost their homes in the earthquake have still not been rehoused.
2. She reeled off the titles of a dozen or so of the novels.
3. I stopped reading after thirty or so pages.
4. They raised two hundred pounds or so for charity.
5. Ferries run every hour or so.
6. There were twenty or so people there.
7. Buses leave from here every hour or so.
8. You can back up another two metres or so.
9. It'll cost £100 or so.
10. James is coming tonight, or so he said.
10. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.
11. We stayed for an hour or so.
12. Over 20 metres or so, there's a telephone-box there.
13. You can back up another two feet or so.
14. Of the original ten, four or so remain.
15. The track petered out after a mile or so.
16. for an hour or so after lunch.
17. We have to leave in five minutes or so.
18. Freeze the mixture for about 3 hours or so until solid.
19. Every thirty minutes or so the flight attendant would wheel the drinks trolley down the aisle.
20. He was having an affair with Julie, or so the story goes .
21. Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so.
22. Don't you think that her jacket wants an inch or so of the proper length?
23. The road runs straight as a die for fifty or so miles.
24. I have been stooging about at 25 000 feet for 3 hours or so.
25. Such a situation will sputter on for a month or so.
26. It'll take about three weeks, give or take a day or so.
27. If we turn left at the next junction, we should hit the main road after five miles or so.
28. The story runs that she poisoned her husband / She poisoned her husband, or so the story runs.
29. Though rates are heading down, they still offer real returns of 8% or so.
30. By a curious twist of fate we met again only a week or so later.
More similar words: for sure, for sale, at worst, endorse, person, ever so, out of doors, in person, personal, personally, personnel, the first person.