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
Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of connective, serving to connect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: connective, serving to connect
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Synonym of crossreferenced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: library science
Synonyms: crossreferenced
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Having bounded gaps between its terms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
connected by a conjunction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: asyndetic
History
From Latin syndeticus, from Ancient Greek συνδετικός (sundetikós), from σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding”) + -κός (-kós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”).
