Standard Lemma guide
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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adj
Connective: tending to join, unite, connect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disjunctive
adj
Connected: being joined, united, connected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: conjunct
Antonyms: disjunctive, disjunct
adj
Relating to a conjunction (appearance in the sky of two astronomical objects with the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Relating to a conjunction (part of speech).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Relating to the conjunctive mood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Of a personal pronoun, used only in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject, such as French je or Irish sé
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disjunctive
adj
Subjunctive: inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: subjunctive
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to logical conjunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disjunctive
adj
Closely united.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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noun
A conjunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
The subjunctive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective
serving or tending to connect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: disjunctive
adjective satellite
involving the joint activity of two or more
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: concerted, conjunct, cooperative
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: conjunction, connective, continuative
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: function word, closed-class word
Narrower terms: coordinating conjunction, subordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction
History
From Latin coniunctivus (“serving to connect”), from coniunctus, past participle of coniungere; compare conjoin. From late 15th c; grammatical sense from 1660s.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
