used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives (the others being introduced by ‘nor’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each does not happen

unlike her friends, she is neither a snob nor a gossip

he neither answered them nor looked at them

used to introduce a further negative statement

he didn't remember, and neither did I

not the one nor the other; not either

neither side of the brain is dominant over the other

not the one nor the other of two people or things

neither of us believes it

neither was chosen for the Test tours of the West Indies and England

they recorded two new albums, neither of which sold well