conjunct

[ adjective kuhn-juhngkt, kon-juhngkt; noun kon-juhngkt ]
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adjective
  1. bound in close association; conjoined; combined; united: conjunct ideas;conjunct influences.

  2. formed by conjunction.

  1. Grammar.

    • occurring only in combination with an immediately preceding or following form of a particular class, and constituting with this form a single phonetic unit, as 'll in English he'll, and n't in isn't.

    • (of a pronoun) having enclitic or proclitic form and occurring with a verb, as French me, le, se.

    • pertaining to a word so characterized.

  2. Music. progressing melodically by intervals of a second: conjunct motion of an ascending scale.

noun
  1. Logic. either of the propositions in a conjunction.

  2. Grammar. a conjunctive adverb.

Origin of conjunct

1
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English (past participle), from Latin conjunctus “joined, connected,” past participle of conjungere “to join together,” equivalent to con- con- + jungere “to join”

Other words from conjunct

  • con·junct·ly, adverb

Words Nearby conjunct

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How to use conjunct in a sentence

  • The difference is that they are conjunct, whereas in the primitive standard octave (e—e) the tetrachords are disjunct (e-a b-e).

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • This must have been true a fortiori of the older seven-stringed scale, in which the Mes united the two conjunct tetrachords.

    The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning Monro
  • Cirripedia sine pedunculo: scuta et terga musculis depressoribus instructa: reliqu test valv inter se immobiliter conjunct.

  • Either you mean another instead of this, as a competitor, or, another part conjunct with these parts.

    A Christian Directory | Baxter Richard
  • And as he is the pastor of this people, it is by the conjunct causes of appropriation: which are, 1.

    A Christian Directory | Baxter Richard

British Dictionary definitions for conjunct

conjunct

/ (kənˈdʒʌŋkt, ˈkɒndʒʌŋkt) /


adjective
  1. joined; united

  2. music relating to or denoting two adjacent degrees of a scale

noun
  1. logic one of the propositions or formulas in a conjunction

Origin of conjunct

1
C15: from Latin conjunctus, from conjugere to unite; see conjoin

Derived forms of conjunct

  • conjunctly, adverb

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