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noun
One of the words or phrases that are coordinated by a conjunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: conjunct
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A reassembled bone, stone or ceramic artifact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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verb
To join together; to unite; to combine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To marry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To join as coordinate elements, often with a coordinating conjunction, such as coordinate clauses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
To combine two sets, conditions, or expressions by a logical AND; to intersect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
To unite, to join, to league.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
make contact or come together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: join
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connect, link, tie, link up
Narrower terms: feather, attach, cross-link, anastomose, inosculate, copulate, mate, pair, couple, yoke, graft, engraft, ingraft, splice, patch, piece, solder, weld, quilt, knit, entwine
verb
take in marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: marry, get married, wed, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unite, unify
Narrower terms: inmarry, mismarry, wive, intermarry, remarry
History
From Old French conjoindre, from Latin coniungo, from con- (“together”) + iungo (“join”). Equivalent to con- + join.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
