adj
Meaning 1
Not connected; separated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
disjunctive
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv/
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UK: /dɪsˈdʒʊŋktɪv/
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General-American: /dɪsˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
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rhymes with -ʌŋktɪv
adj
Meaning 2
Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Tending to join (two clauses), but in a way that conveys a disjunct within the conjoined relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- The words "but" and "or" are disjunctive conjunctions.
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adj
Meaning 4
Tending to disjoin; separating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: conjunctive
adj
Meaning 5
Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adj
Meaning 6
Of or related to a disjunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
A disjunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- L. H. Atwater Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.
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noun
Meaning 8
A disjunct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective
Meaning 9
serving or tending to divide or separate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: conjunctive
History
Etymology
From Middle English disjunctief, disjunctyf, from Middle French disjunctif and Latin disjunctīvus (“placed in opposition”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: disjuntiu — not connected, separated
- Finnish: erillinen — not connected, separated
- French: disjonctif — not connected, separated
- Hungarian: elkülönült — not connected, separated
- Hungarian: széttagolt — not connected, separated
- Hungarian: különvált — not connected, separated
- Hungarian: szétvált — not connected, separated
- Hungarian: szétválasztott — not connected, separated
- Spanish: disyuntivo — not connected, separated
- Catalan: disjuntiu — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- Finnish: disjunktiivinen — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- French: disjonctif — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- Ido: disjuntiva — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- Italian: disgiuntivo — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- Portuguese: disjuntivo — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- Spanish: disyuntivo — grammar, of a personal pronoun: not used in immediate conjunction
- Catalan: disjuntiu — tending to disjoin; separating
- Finnish: erottava — tending to disjoin; separating
- Finnish: eriyttävä — tending to disjoin; separating
- French: disjonctif — tending to disjoin; separating
- Hungarian: választó — tending to disjoin; separating
- Hungarian: elválasztó — tending to disjoin; separating
- Hungarian: szétválasztó — tending to disjoin; separating
- Hungarian: diszjunktív — tending to disjoin; separating
- Finnish: disjunktiivinen — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- French: disjonctif — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- German: disjunktiv — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- Hungarian: diszjunktív — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- Ido: disjuntiva — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- Japanese: 選言的な (sengenteki na) — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- Polish: alternatywny — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- Portuguese: disjuntivo — logic: of or related to a disjunction
- Romanian: disjunctiv — logic: of or related to a disjunction
Real reading context