[[query-dsl-span-or-query]]
=== Span or query
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<titleabbrev>Span or</titleabbrev>
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Matches the union of its span clauses. The span or query maps to Lucene
`SpanOrQuery`. Here is an example:

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
    "query": {
        "span_or" : {
            "clauses" : [
                { "span_term" : { "field" : "value1" } },
                { "span_term" : { "field" : "value2" } },
                { "span_term" : { "field" : "value3" } }
            ]
        }
    }
}
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The `clauses` element is a list of one or more other span type queries.