Standard Lemma guide

conjoined

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 N JH OY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of persons (conjoined twins) or things: joined together physically.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1580s, Ovid, Elegia VI, Book I, translated by Christopher Marlowe, in Christopher Marlowe: The Complete Poems and Translations, Stephen Orgel (ed.), Penguin, 1971, p. 110, And farewell cruel posts, rough threshold's block, / And doors conjoined with an hard iron lock!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Joined or bound together; united (in a relationship).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Combined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of conjoin

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

consisting of two or more associated entities- J.K.Fairbank

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the interplay of these conjoined yet opposed factors
  • social order and prosperity, the conjoint aims of government

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conjoint

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From conjoin + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: yhtenäinen — joined together physically
  • Finnish: yhteenliitetty — joined together physically
  • Finnish: yhteenkasvanut — joined together physically
  • Finnish: siamilainen — joined together physically
  • Irish: comhcheangailte — joined together physically
  • Russian: сросшийся (srosšijsja) — joined together physically
  • Russian: соединённый (sojedinjónnyj) — joined together physically
  • Spanish: chachaguato — joined together physically
  • Spanish: chacho — joined together physically
  • Spanish: siamés — joined together physically
  • Swedish: siamesisk — joined together physically
  • Swedish: sammanvuxen — joined together physically
Real reading context

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